Isaiah 47

Isaiah 47:1

Come down, and sit in the dust, O 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.

O thou glorious city of Babylon, which braggest of thine impregnableness and might, come down, for so thou shalt, and sit in the dust; for thither shalt thou be humbled: thou shalt no more rule over nations, but shalt be subject to another’s power; neither shall there be any more place for thy wanton delicacy, but thou shalt be harshly and roughly intreated of thy conqueror.

Isaiah 47:2

Take the millstones, and grind meal; uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.

Make account, to undergo the cruellest bondage, wherein thou shalt be put to grind in mills, and be whipped to all servile and base works: and your coy dames and proud wantons shall go now carelessly, with their locks uncovered and neglected; and shall be forced to walk barefooted to their captivity, through the stony ways and unknown rivers.

Isaiah 47:3

I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.

I will not deal with thee in any gentle or moderate manner, but in all extremity: the revenge of men may be prevented or mitigated; mine shall not.