Isaiah 47:1

Good News Translation

The Lord says, “Babylon, come down from your throne, and sit in the dust on the ground. You were once like a virgin, a city unconquered, but you are soft and delicate no longer! You are now a slave!

Cross References

Job 2:13

Then they sat there on the ground with him for seven days and nights without saying a word, because they saw how much he was suffering.

Job 2:8

Job went and sat by the garbage dump and took a piece of broken pottery to scrape his sores.

Psalm 137:8

Babylon, you will be destroyed. Happy are those who pay you back for what you have done to us—

Psalm 18:27

You save those who are humble, but you humble those who are proud.

Psalm 89:44

You have taken away his royal scepter and knocked his throne to the ground.

Isaiah 13:1

This is a message about Babylon, which Isaiah son of Amoz received from God.

Isaiah 13:13

I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken out of its place on that day when I, the Lord Almighty, show my anger.

Isaiah 14:1

The Lord will once again be merciful to his people Israel and choose them as his own. He will let them live in their own land again, and foreigners will come and live there with them.

Isaiah 21:1

This is a message about Babylonia. Like a whirlwind sweeping across the desert, disaster will come from a terrifying land.

Isaiah 23:12

City of Sidon, your happiness has ended, and your people are oppressed. Even if they escape to Cyprus, they will still not be safe.

Isaiah 26:5

He has humbled those who were proud; he destroyed the strong city they lived in, and sent its walls crashing into the dust.

Isaiah 3:26

The city gates will mourn and cry, and the city itself will be like a woman sitting on the ground, stripped naked.

Isaiah 37:22

the Lord had said, “The city of Jerusalem laughs at you, Sennacherib, and makes fun of you.

Isaiah 52:2

Shake yourself free, Jerusalem! Rise from the dust and sit on your throne! Undo the chains that bind you, captive people of Zion!

Jeremiah 13:18

The Lord said to me, “Tell the king and his mother to come down from their thrones, because their beautiful crowns have fallen from their heads.

Jeremiah 46:11

People of Egypt, go to Gilead and look for medicine! All your medicine has proved useless; nothing can heal you.

Jeremiah 48:18

You that live in Dibon, come down from your place of honor and sit on the ground in the dust; Moab's destroyer is here and has left its forts in ruins.

Jeremiah 50:1

This is the message that the Lord gave me about the city of Babylon and its people:

Jeremiah 50:42

They have taken their bows and swords; they are cruel and merciless. They sound like the roaring sea, as they ride their horses. They are ready for battle against Babylonia.

Jeremiah 51:1

The Lord says, “I am bringing a destructive wind against Babylonia and its people.

Jeremiah 51:33

Soon the enemy will cut them down and trample them like grain on a threshing place. I, the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, have spoken.”

Jeremiah 51:51

You say, ‘We've been disgraced and made ashamed; we feel completely helpless because foreigners have taken over the holy places in the Temple.’

Lamentations 2:10

Jerusalem's old men sit on the ground in silence, With dust on their heads and sackcloth on their bodies. Young women bow their heads to the ground.

Lamentations 2:21

Young and old alike lie dead in the streets, Young men and women, killed by enemy swords. You slaughtered them without mercy on the day of your anger.

Lamentations 4:5

People who once ate the finest foods die starving in the streets; those raised in luxury are pawing through garbage for food.

Ezekiel 26:16

All the kings of the seafaring nations will come down from their thrones. They will take off their robes and their embroidered clothes and sit trembling on the ground. They will be so terrified at your fate that they will not be able to stop trembling.

Ezekiel 28:17

You were proud of being handsome, and your fame made you act like a fool. Because of this I hurled you to the ground and left you as a warning to other kings.

Jonah 3:6

When the king of Nineveh heard about it, he got up from his throne, took off his robe, put on sackcloth, and sat down in ashes.

Haggai 2:22

and overthrow kingdoms and end their power. I will overturn chariots and their drivers; the horses will die, and their riders will kill one another.

Revelation 18:7

Give her as much suffering and grief as the glory and luxury she gave herself. For she keeps telling herself: ‘Here I sit, a queen! I am no widow, I will never know grief!’