Isaiah 47 (NET)

Isaiah 47:1¹“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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 51:33Ps 137:8Jer 46:11Jer 50:42Zech 2:7Isa 3:26Isa 14:13-14Isa 37:22Jer 48:18Ps 18:27

Isaiah 47:2²Pick up millstones and grind flour. Remove your veil, strip off your skirt, expose your legs, cross the streams.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 11:5Isa 20:4Judg 16:21Matt 24:41Ezek 16:37-39Gen 24:65Hos 2:3Isa 32:11Job 31:10Luke 17:35

Isaiah 47:3³Let your naked body be exposed. Your shame will be on display! I will get revenge; I will not have pity on anyone,”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Nah 3:5Jer 51:20-24Jer 50:27-28Rev 16:19Deut 32:35Deut 32:41-43Ezek 16:37Heb 10:30-31Isa 34:1-8Isa 59:17-18

Isaiah 47:4⁴says our Protector— the Lord of Heaven’s Armies is his name, the Holy One of Israel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 44:6Isa 41:14Isa 43:14Isa 49:26Jer 50:33-34Isa 43:3Isa 54:5Jer 31:11

Isaiah 47:5⁵“Sit silently! Go to a hiding place, O daughter of the Babylonians! Indeed, you will no longer be called ‘Queen of kingdoms.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hab 2:20Isa 47:7Rev 18:16-191 Sam 2:9Dan 2:37-38Isa 13:10Isa 13:19-20Isa 14:23Isa 14:4Isa 47:1

Isaiah 47:6⁶I 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 28:9Zech 1:15Deut 28:50Obad 1:10Jas 2:13Ps 69:26Isa 10:6Isa 14:17Isa 42:24-25Obad 1:16

Isaiah 47:7⁷You said, ‘I will rule forever as permanent queen!’ You did not think about these things; you did not consider how it would turn out.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 32:29Isa 47:5Jer 5:31Dan 4:29Dan 5:18-23Ezek 28:12-14Ezek 28:2Ezek 29:3Ezek 7:3-9Isa 42:25

Isaiah 47:8⁸So 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.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Zeph 2:15Isa 32:9Isa 45:6Isa 47:10Jer 50:11Rev 18:3-82 Thess 2:4Dan 11:36Dan 4:22Dan 4:30

Isaiah 47:9⁹Both 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Thess 5:3Ps 73:19Isa 47:12-13Nah 3:4Rev 18:8-10Dan 2:2Dan 4:7Dan 5:7Isa 13:18-22Isa 14:22-23

Isaiah 47:10¹⁰You 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!’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 5:21Isa 29:15Rom 1:22Ps 52:7Ezek 8:12Isa 59:41 Cor 1:19-211 Cor 3:19Ezek 9:9Jer 23:24

Isaiah 47:11¹¹Disaster 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Thess 5:3Rev 18:9-10Dan 5:25-30Exod 12:29-30Jer 51:39-42Luke 12:59Neh 4:11Ps 50:22Rev 3:3Isa 37:36

Isaiah 47:12¹²Persist 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 13:8-12Isa 47:9-10Jer 2:28Nah 3:4Dan 5:7-9Exod 7:11Exod 8:18-19Exod 8:7Exod 9:11Isa 19:3

Isaiah 47:13¹³You 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!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 44:25Dan 2:2-10Ezek 24:12Isa 57:10Jer 51:58Dan 5:15-16Dan 5:30Dan 5:7-8Hab 2:13Isa 47:15

Isaiah 47:14¹⁴Look, they are like straw, that 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mal 4:1Nah 1:10Ezek 15:7Isa 10:17Isa 41:2Matt 10:28Isa 30:14Isa 40:24Isa 5:24Jer 51:25-26

Isaiah 47:15¹⁵They 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.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 27:12-25Isa 56:11Jer 51:6-9Rev 18:11-19