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Isaiah 47:3

Judgment

1 “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.

2 Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams.

Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.”

4 Our Redeemer—the LORD of Hosts is His name— is the Holy One of Israel.

5 “Sit in silence and go into darkness, O Daughter of Chaldea. For you will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.”
KJV
Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.
WEB
Your nakedness will be uncovered. Yes, your shame will be seen. I will take vengeance, and will spare no one.”
ASV
Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and will spare no man.
DARBY
thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen. I will take vengeance, and I will meet none [to stay me].
BLB
Your nakedness will be uncovered—indeed, your shame will be seen! I will take vengeance, and no man will I meet.”
ÅB
Din blusel skal bli avdekket, og din skam bli sett; hevn vil jeg ta og ikke spare noe menneske.
OTB
Din nakenhet vil bli avslørt, og din skam vil bli eksponert. Jeg vil ta hevn og vil ikke spare noen.”
B1930
Din blusel skal bli avdekket, og din skam bli sett; hevn vil jeg ta og ikke spare noget menneske.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Nahum 3:5

    “Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show your nakedness to the nations and your shame to the kingdoms.

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  • Jeremiah 51:20–24

    “You are My war club, My weapon for battle. With you I shatter nations; with you I bring kingdoms to ruin.

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  • Jeremiah 50:27–28

    Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come— the time of their punishment.

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  • Revelation 16:19

    The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath.

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  • Jeremiah 51:34–36

    “Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out.

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  • Deuteronomy 32:35

    Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”

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  • Revelation 6:9–10

    And when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony they had upheld.

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  • Hebrews 10:30–31

    For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge His people.”

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