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Isaiah 47:1-2

Context
Babylon Will Fall

47:1 “Fall down! Sit in the dirt,

O virgin 1  daughter Babylon!

Sit on the ground, not on a throne,

O daughter of the Babylonians!

Indeed, 2  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!

Ecclesiastes 10:7

Context

10:7 I have seen slaves 3  on horseback

and princes walking on foot 4  like slaves.

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[47:1]  1 tn בְּתוּלַה (bÿtulah) often refers to a virgin, but the phrase “virgin daughter” is apparently stylized (see also 23:12; 37:22). In the extended metaphor of this chapter, where Babylon is personified as a queen (vv. 5, 7), she is depicted as being both a wife and mother (vv. 8-9).

[47:1]  2 tn Or “For” (NASB, NRSV).

[10:7]  3 tn Or “servants,” so KJV, ASV, NCV, NLT (also in the following line).

[10:7]  4 tn Heb “upon the earth.”



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