{"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/kjv/isaiah/47","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-29T18:01:03.132Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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: <i>there is</i> no 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: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet <i>thee as</i> a man."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"<i>As for</i> our redeemer, the LORD of hosts <i>is</i> 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 lady of kingdoms."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: <i>so</i> that thou didst not lay these <i>things</i> to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Therefore hear now this, <i>thou that art</i> given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I <i>am</i>, and none else beside me; I shall not sit <i>as</i> a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"But these two <i>things</i> shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, <i>and</i> for 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 thine heart, I <i>am</i>, and none else beside me."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, <i>which</i> thou shalt not know."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured 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 stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from <i>these things</i> 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: <i>there shall</i> not <i>be</i> a coal to warm at, <i>nor</i> fire to sit before it."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, <i>even</i> thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee."}],"citation":{"inline":"Isaiah 47 (KJV)","markdown":"[Isaiah 47](https://primebible.com/kjv/isaiah/47)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/isaiah/47 (accessed 2026-05-29)."}}