Isaiah 47:1

New Century Version

The Lord says, “City of Babylon, go down and sit in the dirt. People of Babylon, sit on the ground. You are no longer the ruler. You will no longer be called tender or beautiful.

Cross References

Job 2:13

Then they sat on the ground with Job seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him because they saw how much he was suffering.

Job 2:8

Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself, and he sat in ashes in misery.

Psalm 137:8

People of Babylon, you will be destroyed. The people who pay you back for what you did to us will be happy.

Psalm 18:27

You save the humble, but you bring down those who are proud.

Psalm 89:44

You have kept him from winning and have thrown his throne to the ground.

Isaiah 13:1

God showed Isaiah son of Amoz this message about Babylon:

Isaiah 13:13

I will make the sky shake, and the earth will be moved from its place by the anger of the Lord All-Powerful at the time of his burning anger.

Isaiah 14:1

The Lord will show mercy to the people of Jacob, and he will again choose the people of Israel. He will settle them in their own land. Then non-Israelite people will join the Israelites and will become a part of the family of Jacob.

Isaiah 21:1

This is a message about the Desert by the Sea: Disaster is coming from the desert like wind blowing in the south. It is coming from a terrible country.

Isaiah 23:12

He said, “Sidon, you will not rejoice any longer, because you are destroyed. Even if you cross the sea to Cyprus, you will not find a place to rest.”

Isaiah 26:5

He will destroy the proud city, and he will punish the people living there. He will bring that high city down to the ground and throw it down into the dust.

Isaiah 3:26

There will be crying and sadness near the city gates. Jerusalem will be like a woman who has lost everything and sits on the ground.

Isaiah 37:22

So this is what the Lord has said against Sennacherib: The people of Jerusalem hate you and make fun of you; the people of Jerusalem laugh at you as you run away.

Isaiah 52:2

Jerusalem, you once were a prisoner. Now shake off the dust and stand up. Jerusalem, you once were a prisoner. Now free yourself from the chains around your neck.

Jeremiah 13:18

Tell this to the king and the queen mother: “Come down from your thrones, because your beautiful crowns have fallen from your heads.”

Jeremiah 46:11

“Go up to Gilead and get some balm, people of Egypt! You have prepared many medicines, but they will not work; you will not be healed.

Jeremiah 48:18

“You people living in the town of Dibon, come down from your place of honor and sit on the dry ground, because the destroyer of Moab has come against you. And he has destroyed your strong, walled cities.

Jeremiah 50:1

This is the message the Lord spoke to Babylon and the Babylonian people through Jeremiah the prophet.

Jeremiah 50:42

Their armies have bows and spears. The soldiers are cruel and have no mercy. As the soldiers come riding on their horses, the sound is loud like the roaring sea. They stand in their places, ready for battle. They are ready to attack you, city of Babylon.

Jeremiah 51:1

This is what the Lord says: “I will soon cause a destroying wind to blow against Babylon and the Babylonian people.

Jeremiah 51:33

This is what the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: “The city of Babylon is like a threshing floor, where people crush the grain at harvest time. The time to harvest Babylon is coming soon.”

Jeremiah 51:51

“We people of Judah are disgraced, because we have been insulted. We have been shamed, because strangers have gone into the holy places of the Lord’s Temple!”

Lamentations 2:10

The elders of Jerusalem sit on the ground in silence. They throw dust on their heads and put on rough cloth to show their sadness. The young women of Jerusalem bow their heads to the ground in sorrow.

Lamentations 2:21

“People young and old lie outside on the ground. My young women and young men have been killed by the sword. You killed them on the day of your anger; you killed them without mercy.

Lamentations 4:5

Those who once ate fine foods are now starving in the streets. People who grew up wearing nice clothes now pick through trash piles.

Ezekiel 26:16

Then all the leaders of the seacoast will get down from their thrones, take off their beautiful needlework clothes, and show how afraid they are. They will sit on the ground and tremble all the time. When they see you, they will be shocked.

Ezekiel 28:17

You became too proud because of your beauty. You ruined your wisdom because of your greatness. I threw you down to the ground. Your example taught a lesson to other kings.

Jonah 3:6

When the king of Nineveh heard this news, he got up from his throne, took off his robe, and covered himself with rough cloth and sat in ashes to show how upset he was.

Haggai 2:22

I will destroy the foreign kingdoms and take away the power of the kingdoms of the nations. I will destroy the chariots and their riders. The horses will fall with their riders, as people kill each other with swords.’

Zechariah 2:7

“Oh no, Jerusalem! Escape, you who live right in Babylon.”

Revelation 18:7

She gave herself much glory and rich living. Give her that much suffering and sadness. She says to herself, ‘I am a queen sitting on my throne. I am not a widow; I will never be sad.’