47 The destruction of Babylon, and the causes wherefore.

Come down and sit in the dust: O [a]virgin, daughter Babel, sit on the ground: there is no [b]throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called, Tender and delicate.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 47:1 Which hast lived in wealth and wantonness, and hast not yet been overcome by any enemy.
  2. Isaiah 47:1 Thy government shall be taken from thee.

The Fall of Babylon

47 “Go down, sit in the dust,(A)
    Virgin Daughter(B) Babylon;
sit on the ground without a throne,
    queen city of the Babylonians.[a](C)
No more will you be called
    tender or delicate.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 47:1 Or Chaldeans; also in verse 5