Isaiah 47:1
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Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of Chaldea! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.
In other translations
Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of Chaldea! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.
Hebrew words
רְדִי׀redigo downH3381וּשְׁבִיusheviand sitH3427עַל־'al-onH5921עָפָר'afar[the] dustH6083בְּתוּלַתbetulatO virgin ofH1330בַּת־bat-[the] daughter ofH1323בָּבֶלbavelBabylonH894שְׁבִי־shevi-sitH3427לָאָרֶץla'aretzto the groundH776אֵין־'ein-there notH369כִּסֵּאkise'[is] a throneH3678בַּת־bat-O daughter ofH1323כַּשְׂדִּיםkasdim[the] ChaldeansH3778כִּיkiforH3588לֹאlo'notH3808תוֹסִיפִיtosifiyou will repeatH3254יִקְרְאוּ־yikre'u-people will callH7121לָךְlakh<to> youרַכָּהrakahtenderH7390וַעֲנֻגָּה׃va'anugahand delicateH6028
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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- Jeremiah 50:42They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.They grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Babylon.
- Jeremiah 46:11Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured.Go up to Gilead for balm, O Virgin Daughter of Egypt! In vain you try many remedies, but for you there is no healing.
- Zechariah 2:7Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.“Get up, O Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon!”
- Isaiah 3:26And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.
- Psalm 18:27For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes.
- Jeremiah 48:18Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong holds.Come down from your glory; sit on parched ground, O daughter dwelling in Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come against you; he has destroyed your fortresses.
- Isaiah 14:13-1413 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.13 You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north. 14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.”
- Isaiah 37:22This is the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.this is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
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