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Isaiah 47 – King James Version (KJV)

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Lament for Babylon

1 Come down, H3381 and sit H3427 in H5921 the dust, H6083 O virgin H1330 daughter H1323 of Babylon, H894 sit H3427 on the ground: H776 there is no H369 throne, H3678 O daughter H1323 of the Chaldeans: H3778 for H3588 thou shalt H3254➔ no H3808 more ➔H3254 be called H7121 tender H7390 and delicate. H6028
2 Take H3947 the millstones, H7347 and grind H2912 meal: H7058 uncover H1540 thy locks, H6777 make bare H2834 the leg, H7640 uncover H1540 the thigh, H7785 pass over H5674 the rivers. H5104
3 Thy nakedness H6172 shall be uncovered, H1540 yea, H1571 thy shame H2781 shall be seen: H7200 I will take H3947 vengeance, H5359 and H3808➔ I will H6293➔ not ➔H3808 meet ➔H6293 thee as a man. H120
4 As for our redeemer, H1350 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 is his name, H8034 the Holy One H6918 of Israel. H3478
5 Sit thou H3427 silent, H1748 and get thee H935 into darkness, H2822 O daughter H1323 of the Chaldeans: H3778 for H3588 thou shalt H3254➔ no H3808 more ➔H3254 be called, H7121 The lady H1404 of kingdoms. H4467
6 I was wroth H7107 with H5921 my people, H5971 I have polluted H2490 mine inheritance, H5159 and given them H5414 into thine hand: H3027 thou didst shew H7760 them no H3808 mercy; H7356 upon H5921 the ancient H2205 hast thou H3513➔ very H3966 heavily laid ➔H3513 thy yoke. H5923
7 And thou saidst, H559 I shall be H1961 a lady H1404 for ever: H5769 so that H5704 thou didst H7760➔ not H3808 lay ➔H7760 these H428 things to H5921 thy heart, H3820 neither H3808 didst remember H2142 the latter end of it. H319
8 Therefore H6258➔ hear H8085 now ➔H6258 this, H2063 thou that art given to pleasures, H5719 that dwellest H3427 carelessly, H983 that sayest H559 in thine heart, H3824 I H589 am, and none H657➔ else H5750 beside me; ➔H657 I shall H3427➔ not H3808 sit ➔H3427 as a widow, H490 neither H3808 shall I know H3045 the loss of children: H7908
9 But H935➔ these H428 two H8147 things shall come ➔H935 to thee in a moment H7281 in H3117➔ one H259 day, ➔H3117 the loss of children, H7908 and widowhood: H489 they shall come H935 upon thee H5921 in their perfection H8537 for the multitude H7230 of thy sorceries, H3785 and for the H6109➔ great H3966 abundance ➔H6109 of thine enchantments. H2267
10 For thou hast trusted H982 in thy wickedness: H7451 thou hast said, H559 None H369 seeth me. H7200 Thy wisdom H2451 and thy knowledge, H1847 it H1931 hath perverted thee; H7725 and thou hast said H559 in thine heart, H3820 I H589 am, and none H657➔ else H5750 beside me. ➔H657
11 Therefore shall H935➔ evil H7451 come ➔H935 upon thee; H5921 thou shalt H3045➔ not H3808 know ➔H3045 from whence it riseth: H7837 and H5307➔ mischief H1943 shall fall ➔H5307 upon thee; H5921 thou shalt H3201➔ not H3808 be able ➔H3201 to put it off: H3722 and H935➔ desolation H7722 shall come ➔H935 upon thee H5921 suddenly, H6597 which thou shalt H3045➔ not H3808 know. ➔H3045
12 Stand H5975 now H4994 with thine enchantments, H2267 and with the multitude H7230 of thy sorceries, H3785 wherein H834 thou hast laboured H3021 from thy youth; H5271 if so be H194 thou shalt be able H3201 to profit, H3276 if so be H194 thou mayest prevail. H6206
13 Thou art wearied H3811 in the multitude H7230 of thy counsels. H6098 Let H5975➔ now H4994 the astrologers, H1895 H8064 the stargazers, H2374 H3556 the H3045➔ monthly H2320 prognosticators, ➔H3045 stand up, ➔H5975 and save thee H3467 from H834 these things that shall come H935 upon thee. H5921
14 Behold, H2009 they shall be H1961 as stubble; H7179 the fire H784 shall burn them; H8313 they shall H5337➔ not H3808 deliver ➔H5337 themselves H5315 from the power H3027 of the flame: H3852 there shall not H369 be a coal H1513 to warm at, H2552 nor fire H217 to sit H3427 before it. H5048
15 Thus H3651 shall they be H1961 unto thee with whom H834 thou hast laboured, H3021 even thy merchants, H5503 from thy youth: H5271 they shall wander H8582 every one H376 to his quarter; H5676 none H369 shall save thee. H3467
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