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Isaiah 47

Isa. 47:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Comee down
yarad (Hebrew #3381)
a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications): --X abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, X indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
Pronounce: yaw-rad'
, and sit
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
in the dust
`aphar (Hebrew #6083)
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
KJV usage: ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.
Pronounce: aw-fawr'
Origin: from 6080
, O virgin
bthuwlah (Hebrew #1330)
a virgin (from her privacy); sometimes (by continuation) a bride; also (figuratively) a city or state
KJV usage: maid, virgin.
Pronounce: beth-oo-law'
Origin: feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to separate
daughter
bath (Hebrew #1323)
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, X first, X old, + owl, town, village.
Pronounce: bath
Origin: from 1129 (as feminine of 1121)
of Babylon
Babel (Hebrew #894)
confusion; Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire
KJV usage: Babel, Babylon.
Pronounce: baw-bel'
Origin: from 1101
, sit
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
on the ground
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
: there is no throne
kicce' (Hebrew #3678)
from 3680; properly, covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied)
KJV usage: seat, stool, throne.
Pronounce: kis-say'
Origin: or kicceh {kis-say'}
, O daughter
bath (Hebrew #1323)
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, X first, X old, + owl, town, village.
Pronounce: bath
Origin: from 1129 (as feminine of 1121)
of the Chaldeans
Kasdiy (Hebrew #3778)
towards the Kasdites
KJV usage: into Chaldea), patronymically from 3777 (only in the plural); a Kasdite, or descendant of Kesed; by implication, a Chaldaean (as if so descended); also an astrologer (as if proverbial of that people:--Chaldeans, Chaldees, inhabitants of Chaldea.
Pronounce: kas-dee'
Origin: (occasionally with enclitic) Kasdiymah {kas-dee'- maw}
: for thou shalt no more
yacaph (Hebrew #3254)
to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
KJV usage: add, X again, X any more, X cease, X come more, + conceive again, continue, exceed, X further, X gather together, get more, give more-over, X henceforth, increase (more and more), join, X longer (bring, do, make, much, put), X (the, much, yet) more (and more), proceed (further), prolong, put, be (strong-) er, X yet, yield.
Pronounce: yaw-saf'
Origin: a primitive root
be called
qara' (Hebrew #7121)
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)
tender
rak (Hebrew #7390)
tender (literally or figuratively); by implication, weak
KJV usage: faint((-hearted), soft, tender ((-hearted), one), weak.
Pronounce: rak
Origin: from 7401
and delicate
`anog (Hebrew #6028)
luxurious
KJV usage: delicate.
Pronounce: aw-nogue'
Origin: from 6026
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Psa. 18:27• 27For thou savest an afflicted people,{HR}And lofty eyes thou bringest down. (Psa. 18:27)
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Jer. 48:18• 18Come down from thy glory and sit in the drought, O inhabitress, daughter of Dibon; the spoiler of Moab is come up against thee, thy strongholds hath he destroyed. (Jer. 48:18)

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Babylon,
Chaldeans; Chaldees,
Daughter,
Dust,
Throne,
Virgin; Virginity

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-5:  God's judgment upon Babylon and Chaldea,
6:  for their unmercifulness,
7-9:  pride,
10:  and overboldness,
11-15:  shall be irresistible.
down.
Isa. 3:26• 26And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she, stripped , shall sit upon the ground. (Isa. 3:26)
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Isa. 26:5• 5For he hath brought down them that dwell on high, the lofty city; he layeth it low even to the ground; he bringeth it [even] to the dust. (Isa. 26:5)
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Isa. 52:2• 2Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit thee down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion. (Isa. 52:2)
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Job 2:8,13• 8And he took a potsherd to scrape himself with it; and he was sitting among the ashes.
 13And they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him; for they saw that the pain was very great. (Job 2:8,13)
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Psa. 18:27• 27For thou savest an afflicted people,{HR}And lofty eyes thou bringest down. (Psa. 18:27)
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Jer. 13:18• 18Say unto the king and unto the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory. (Jer. 13:18)
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Jer. 48:18• 18Come down from thy glory and sit in the drought, O inhabitress, daughter of Dibon; the spoiler of Moab is come up against thee, thy strongholds hath he destroyed. (Jer. 48:18)
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Lam. 2:10,21• 10The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence:{HR}They have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth{HR}The virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
 21The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets:{HR}My virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword;{HR}Thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied. (Lam. 2:10,21)
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Ezek. 26:16• 16then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee. (Ezek. 26:16)
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Ezek. 28:17• 17Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee. (Ezek. 28:17)
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Obad. 3‑4• 3The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; —he that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?
 4Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith Jehovah. (Obad. 3‑4)
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Jonah 3:6• 6And the word reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and laid his robe from him, and covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. (Jonah 3:6)
O virgin.
Isa. 37:22• 22this [is] the word which Jehovah hath spoken against him. The virgin-daughter of Zion hath despised thee, [and] laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee. (Isa. 37:22)
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Jer. 46:11• 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. (Jer. 46:11)
daughter.
Psa. 137:8• 8Daughter of Babylon, the desolated,{HR}Happy he that rendereth to thee thy measure thou didst mete to us. (Psa. 137:8)
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Jer. 50:42• 42They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not show 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. (Jer. 50:42)
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Jer. 51:33• 33For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come. (Jer. 51:33)
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Zech. 2:7• 7Ho, Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon. (Zech. 2:7)
there is.
Isa. 14:13‑14• 13And thou saidst in thine heart, I will ascend into the heavens, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit upon the mount of assembly, in the recesses of the north;
 14I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High. (Isa. 14:13‑14)
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Psa. 89:44• 44Thou hast made his brightness to cease,{HR}And his throne to the earth thou hast cast down. (Psa. 89:44)
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Hag. 2:22• 22and I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother. (Hag. 2:22)
thou shalt.
Isa. 47:7‑9• 7And thou saidst, I shall be a mistress forever; [so] that thou didst not lay these [things] to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end thereof.
 8Now therefore hear this, [thou that art] given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thy heart, I [am], and all besides me [is] nothing; I shall not sit [as] a widow, neither shall I know loss of children.
 9But these two [things] shall come to thee in a moment in one day, loss of children, and widowhood: in full measure shall they come upon thee, in spite of the multitude of thy sorceries, of the great abundance of thine enchantments. (Isa. 47:7‑9)
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Isa. 32:9‑11• 9Rise up, ye women that are at ease, hear my voice; ye careless daughters, give ear unto my speech.
 10For days beyond a year shall ye be troubled, ye careless women; for the vintage shall fail, the ingathering shall not come.
 11Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones; strip you, and make you bare, and gird [sackcloth] on [your] loins. (Isa. 32:9‑11)
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Deut. 28:56‑57• 56The eye of the tender and luxurious woman in thy midst who would not attempt to set the sole of her foot upon the ground from luxuriousness and from tenderness, shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and her son, and her daughter,
 57because of her afterbirth which hath come out between her feet, and her children whom she shall bear; for she shall secretly eat them for want of everything in the siege and in the straitness wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates. (Deut. 28:56‑57)
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Lam. 4:5• 5They that fed daintily perish in the streets;{HR}They who were brought up on scarlet embrace dunghills. (Lam. 4:5)
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Rev. 18:7• 7How much she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, so much torment and mourning give her. Because in her heart she saith, I sit a queen and am no widow and shall in no wise see mourning; (Rev. 18:7)
• Chapter 47 from start to finish pronounces judgment on Babylon itself. (“Isaiah 47” by F.B. Hole)
• Babylon here, for instance, is addressed as “virgin daughter”, and not as “the great whore” and as “the mother of harlots”. It is a solemn thought that the mystical Babylon, to which an apostate Christendom is working up, is more filthy in the eyes of God than the literal Babylon of Old Testament times. (“Isaiah 47” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Come down and sit in the dust, 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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Come down, and sit in the dust, 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.