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Text -- Isaiah 47:1-15 (NET)
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Babylon Will Fall
47:1 “Fall down ! Sit in the dirt , O virgin daughter Babylon ! Sit on the ground , not on a throne , O daughter of the Babylonians ! Indeed , you will no longer be called delicate and pampered .
47:2 Pick up millstones and grind flour ! Remove your veil , strip off your skirt , expose your legs , cross the streams !
47:3 Let your private parts be exposed ! Your genitals will be on display ! I will get revenge ; I will not have pity on anyone ,”
47:4 says our protector – the Lord who commands armies is his name , the Holy One of Israel .
47:5 “Sit silently ! Go to a hiding place , O daughter of the Babylonians ! Indeed , you will no longer be called ‘Queen of kingdoms .’
47:6 I was angry at my people ; I defiled my special possession and handed them over to you. You showed them no mercy ; you even placed a very heavy burden on old people .
47:7 You said , ‘I will rule forever as permanent queen !’ You did not think about these things ; you did not consider how it would turn out .
47:8 So now , listen to this , O one who lives so lavishly , who lives securely , who says to herself , ‘I am unique! No one can compare to me! I will never have to live as a widow ; I will never lose my children .’
47:9 Both of these will come upon you suddenly , in one day ! You will lose your children and be widowed . You will be overwhelmed by these tragedies , despite your many incantations and your numerous amulets .
47:10 You were complacent in your evil deeds; you thought , ‘No one sees me.’ Your self-professed wisdom and knowledge lead you astray , when you say , ‘I am unique! No one can compare to me!’
47:11 Disaster will overtake you; you will not know how to charm it away. Destruction will fall on you; you will not be able to appease it. Calamity will strike you suddenly , before you recognize it.
47:12 Persist in trusting your amulets and your many incantations , which you have faithfully recited since your youth ! Maybe you will be successful – maybe you will scare away disaster.
47:13 You are tired out from listening to so much advice . Let them take their stand – the ones who see omens in the sky , who gaze at the stars , who make monthly predictions – let them rescue you from the disaster that is about to overtake you!
47:14 Look , they are like straw , which the fire burns up ; they cannot rescue themselves from the heat of the flames . There are no coals to warm them, no firelight to enjoy .
47:15 They will disappoint you, those you have so faithfully dealt with since your youth . Each strays off in his own direction , leaving no one to rescue you.”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Isaiah |
Babylon |
Isaiah, The Book of |
Sorcery |
Mill |
Idolatry |
Pride |
ENCHANTMENTS |
Confidence |
MAGIC; MAGICIAN |
Worldliness |
Wisdom |
ENCHANTMENT |
Infidelity |
LADY |
Astrology |
Security |
MISTRESS |
DUST |
DRESS |
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NET Notes -> Isa 47:1; Isa 47:1; Isa 47:3; Isa 47:3; Isa 47:4; Isa 47:4; Isa 47:5; Isa 47:5; Isa 47:6; Isa 47:6; Isa 47:7; Isa 47:7; Isa 47:7; Isa 47:8; Isa 47:8; Isa 47:8; Isa 47:8; Isa 47:9; Isa 47:9; Isa 47:9; Isa 47:9; Isa 47:10; Isa 47:10; Isa 47:10; Isa 47:10; Isa 47:11; Isa 47:11; Isa 47:12; Isa 47:12; Isa 47:12; Isa 47:12; Isa 47:12; Isa 47:13; Isa 47:13; Isa 47:14; Isa 47:14; Isa 47:15; Isa 47:15; Isa 47:15
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NET Notes: Isa 47:3 Heb “I will not meet a man.” The verb פָּגַע (pagah) apparently carries the nuance “meet with ki...
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NET Notes: Isa 47:9 Reference is made to incantations and amulets, both of which were important in Mesopotamian religion. They were used to ward off danger and demons.
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NET Notes: Isa 47:12 Heb “maybe you will cause to tremble.” The object “disaster” is supplied in the translation for clarification. See the note at...
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NET Notes: Isa 47:13 Heb “let them stand and rescue you – the ones who see omens in the sky, who gaze at the stars, who make known by months – from those...
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NET Notes: Isa 47:14 The Hebrew text reads literally, “there is no coal [for?] their food, light to sit before it.” Some emend לַחְ...
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