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Isaiah 47:1-3
New Catholic Bible
Isaiah 47:1-3
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 47
The Fall of Babylon
1 Come down and sit in the dust,
O virgin daughter of Babylon.
Sit on the ground without a throne,
O daughter of the Chaldeans.
Never again will you be called
tender and delicate.[a]
2 Take the millstone and grind meal;
remove your veil,
strip off your skirt, bare your legs,
and wade through the rivers.
3 Your nakedness will be exposed
and your shame will be seen.
I will take vengeance,
and I will show clemency to no one.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 47:1 The splendor of a young woman (a virgin) is the customary image in Hebrew poetry for the splendor of a city.
