{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/isaiah/47","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T00:17:01.040Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Isaiah","bookSlug":"isaiah","chapter":47,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":46,"nextChapter":48,"totalChapters":66,"totalVerses":15},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove thy veil, strip off the train, uncover the leg, pass through the rivers."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and will spare no man."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Our Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called The mistress of kingdoms."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"I was wroth with my people, I profaned mine inheritance, and gave them into thy hand: thou didst show them no mercy; upon the aged hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And thou saidst, I shall be mistress for ever; so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end thereof."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Now therefore hear this, thou that art given to pleasures, that sittest securely, that sayest in thy heart, I am, and there is none else besides me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"but these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood; in their full measure shall they come upon thee, in the multitude of thy sorceries, and the great abundance of thine enchantments."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness; thou hast said, None seeth me; thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee, and thou hast said in thy heart, I am, and there is none else besides me."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know the dawning thereof: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it away: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou knowest not."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast labored from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels: let now the astrologers, the star-gazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from the things that shall come upon thee."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: it shall not be a coal to warm at, nor a fire to sit before."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Thus shall the things be unto thee wherein thou hast labored: they that have trafficked with thee from thy youth shall wander every one to his quarter; there shall be none to save thee."}],"citation":{"inline":"Isaiah 47 (ASV)","markdown":"[Isaiah 47](https://primebible.com/asv/isaiah/47)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/isaiah/47 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}