Isaiah 47:1

New Living Translation

“Come down, virgin daughter of Babylon, and sit in the dust. For your days of sitting on a throne have ended. O daughter of Babylonia, never again will you be the lovely princess, tender and delicate.

Cross References

Job 2:13

Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and nights. No one said a word to Job, for they saw that his suffering was too great for words.

Job 2:8

Job scraped his skin with a piece of broken pottery as he sat among the ashes.

Psalm 137:8

O Babylon, you will be destroyed. Happy is the one who pays you back for what you have done to us.

Psalm 18:27

You rescue the humble, but you humiliate the proud.

Psalm 89:44

You have ended his splendor and overturned his throne.

Isaiah 13:1

Isaiah son of Amoz received this message concerning the destruction of Babylon:

Isaiah 13:13

For I will shake the heavens. The earth will move from its place when the Lord of Heaven’s Armies displays his wrath in the day of his fierce anger.”

Isaiah 14:1

But the Lord will have mercy on the descendants of Jacob. He will choose Israel as his special people once again. He will bring them back to settle once again in their own land. And people from many different nations will come and join them there and unite with the people of Israel.

Isaiah 21:1

This message came to me concerning Babylon—the desert by the sea: Disaster is roaring down on you from the desert, like a whirlwind sweeping in from the Negev.

Isaiah 23:12

He says, “Never again will you rejoice, O daughter of Sidon, for you have been crushed. Even if you flee to Cyprus, you will find no rest.”

Isaiah 26:5

He humbles the proud and brings down the arrogant city. He brings it down to the dust.

Isaiah 3:26

The gates of Zion will weep and mourn. The city will be like a ravaged woman, huddled on the ground.

Isaiah 37:22

the Lord has spoken this word against him: “The virgin daughter of Zion despises you and laughs at you. The daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head in derision as you flee.

Isaiah 52:2

Rise from the dust, O Jerusalem. Sit in a place of honor. Remove the chains of slavery from your neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

Jeremiah 13:18

Say to the king and his mother, “Come down from your thrones and sit in the dust, for your glorious crowns will soon be snatched from your heads.”

Jeremiah 46:11

“Go up to Gilead to get medicine, O virgin daughter of Egypt! But your many treatments will bring you no healing.

Jeremiah 48:18

“Come down from your glory and sit in the dust, you people of Dibon, for those who destroy Moab will shatter Dibon, too. They will tear down all your towers.

Jeremiah 50:1

The Lord gave Jeremiah the prophet this message concerning Babylon and the land of the Babylonians.

Jeremiah 50:42

They are armed with bows and spears. They are cruel and show no mercy. As they ride forward on horses, they sound like a roaring sea. They are coming in battle formation, planning to destroy you, Babylon.

Jeremiah 51:1

This is what the Lord says: “I will stir up a destroyer against Babylon and the people of Babylonia.

Jeremiah 51:33

This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Babylon is like wheat on a threshing floor, about to be trampled. In just a little while her harvest will begin.”

Jeremiah 51:51

“We are ashamed,” the people say. “We are insulted and disgraced because the Lord’s Temple has been defiled by foreigners.”

Lamentations 2:10

The leaders of beautiful Jerusalem sit on the ground in silence. They are clothed in burlap and throw dust on their heads. The young women of Jerusalem hang their heads in shame.

Lamentations 2:21

“See them lying in the streets— young and old, boys and girls, killed by the swords of the enemy. You have killed them in your anger, slaughtering them without mercy.

Lamentations 4:5

The people who once ate the richest foods now beg in the streets for anything they can get. Those who once wore the finest clothes now search the garbage dumps for food.

Ezekiel 26:16

All the seaport rulers will step down from their thrones and take off their royal robes and beautiful clothing. They will sit on the ground trembling with horror at your destruction.

Ezekiel 28:17

Your heart was filled with pride because of all your beauty. Your wisdom was corrupted by your love of splendor. So I threw you to the ground and exposed you to the curious gaze of kings.

Jonah 3:6

When the king of Nineveh heard what Jonah was saying, he stepped down from his throne and took off his royal robes. He dressed himself in burlap and sat on a heap of ashes.

Haggai 2:22

I will overthrow royal thrones and destroy the power of foreign kingdoms. I will overturn their chariots and riders. The horses will fall, and their riders will kill each other.

Zechariah 2:7

Come away, people of Zion, you who are exiled in Babylon!”

Revelation 18:7

She glorified herself and lived in luxury, so match it now with torment and sorrow. She boasted in her heart, ‘I am queen on my throne. I am no helpless widow, and I have no reason to mourn.’