Isaiah 47

1 “Come down and sit in the dust, Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on ^{a47:1 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT use another preposition} the ground without a chair, Daughter of the Chaldeans! For no longer will they call you tender and attractive.ISV — Isaiah 47:1

2 Take millstones and grind flour. Remove your veil, strip off your robes, ^{b47:2 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab 4QIsad MT read skirt} bare your legs, and wade through the rivers.ISV — Isaiah 47:2

3 Your nakedness will be ^{c47:3 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT read let it be} exposed, and your disgrace will also be seen. I’ll take vengeance, and I will spare no mortal.ISV — Isaiah 47:3

4 “Our Redeemer— the LORD of the Heavenly Armies is his name— is the Holy One of Israel.ISV — Isaiah 47:4

5 “Sit silent, ^{d47:5 1QIsaa and MT use alternate forms of the same term} and enter into the darkness, you daughter of the Chaldeans; for no more will they call you Queen of Kingdoms.ISV — Isaiah 47:5

6 I was angry with my people, and ^{e47:6 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT lack and} I desecrated my heritage, and gave them into your control. You showed them no mercy; even on the aged you laid your yoke most heavily.ISV — Isaiah 47:6

7 You said, ‘I will always continue—Queen forever!’ You didn’t take these things into your thinking, nor did you think about their consequences. ^{f47:7 1QIsaa and MT use alternate forms; LXX reads the last things} ISV — Isaiah 47:7

8 “Now hear this, you wanton creature, lounging with no cares, and saying to herself: ‘I am the one, and there will be none besides me; I won’t live as a widow, nor will I see ^{g47:8 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT LXX read know} the loss of children.’ISV — Isaiah 47:8

9 Both of these things will overtake you suddenly on a single day: loss of children and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, despite the multitude of your incantations and the great power of your spells.”ISV — Isaiah 47:9

10 “You trusted in your own knowledge. ^{h47:10 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read evil} You said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and knowledge have misled you. You said in your heart, ‘I am the one, and there will be none besides me.’ISV — Isaiah 47:10

11 “But disaster will come ^{i 47:11 So 1QIsaa (feminine); MT (masculine [incorrectly])} upon you, and ^{j47:11 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks and} you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will not be able to ^{k47:11 So 1QIsaa; MT lacks to} ward off; and devastation will come upon you suddenly, and ^{l47:11 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks and} you won’t anticipate it.ISV — Isaiah 47:11

12 “But ^{m47:12 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX lack But} stand up now with your spells and your many incantations, at which you have labored from your childhood until today, ^{n47:12 So 1QIsaa; childhood. Perhaps you can gain some profit; perhaps you may inspire fear. LXX reads if you can gain some profit.}ISV — Isaiah 47:12

13 according to ^{o47:12 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read You are wearied by} your multiple schemes. Let them stand up now— those who conjure ^{p47:12 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads divide} the heavens and ^{q47:12 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack and} gaze at the stars, predicting at the new moons— and save you from what is about to happen to them. ^{r47:12 So 1QIsaa; MT reads what things are about to happen to you; LXX reads what is about to happen to you}ISV — Isaiah 47:13

14 “See, they are just like stubble; fire burns them up. They could not ^{s47:14 So 1QIsaa; MT reads cannot} even save themselves from the power of the flame. There will be no coals for warming oneself, no fire to sit by.ISV — Isaiah 47:14

15 So will they be to you—those with whom you toiled and did business since your childhood— they wander about, each in his own direction; there is not one who can save you.ISV — Isaiah 47:15