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Isaiah 47:5

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘Daughter Chaldea, sit in silence  and go into darkness. For you will no longer be called mistress of kingdoms.

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But the Lord is in his holy temple; let the whole earth be silent in his presence.


You said, “I will be the queen for ever.” You did not take these things to heart or think about their outcome.


As much as she glorified herself and indulged her sensual and excessive ways, give her that much torment and grief. For she says in her heart, ‘I sit as a queen; I am not a widow, and I will never see grief.’


And the woman you saw is the great city that has royal power over the kings of the earth.’


They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shameful deeds; wandering stars  for whom the blackness of darkness  is reserved for ever.


Let all humanity be silent  before the Lord, for from his holy dwelling he has roused himself.’


How  she sits alone, the city  once crowded with people! She who was great among the nations has become like a widow. The princess among the provinces has been put to forced labour.


I will eliminate the sound of joy and gladness from them #– #the voice of the groom and the bride,  the sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp.


Why are we just sitting here? Gather together; let’s enter the fortified cities and perish there, for the Lord our God has destroyed   us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the  Lord.


‘Go down and sit in the dust, Virgin Daughter Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, Daughter Chaldea! For you will no longer be called pampered and spoilt.


‘I will make her a swampland and a region for herons,  and I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction.’ This is the declaration of the  Lord of Armies.


you will sing this song of contempt about the king of Babylon  and say: How the oppressor has quietened down, and how the raging  has become quiet!


Indeed, the stars of the sky and its constellations will not give their light. The sun will be dark when it rises, and the moon will not shine.


He guards the steps  of his faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness, for a person does not prevail by his own strength.


Look, riders come – horsemen in pairs.’ And he answered, saying, ‘Babylon has fallen,  has fallen. All the images of her gods have been shattered on the ground.’


Mourn, inhabitants of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon; your agents have crossed the sea


The elders of Daughter Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.





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