1God's judgments upon Babylon, for her unmercifulness and pride shall be irresistible. 12All her sorceries will not avail her.
1aCOME down, and sit in the dust, O virgin bdaughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, cO daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
a Ps. 18.27. Je. 13.18; 48.18. Job 2.8. La. 2.10. ch. 52.2. Ps. 89.44. Re. 18.7. De. 28.54. b Ps. 137.8. c v.5. ch. 23.13.
2dTake the millstones, and grind meal: euncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.
d Ex. 11.5. Ju. 16.21. Job 31.10. La. 5.13. Mat. 24.41. ch. 14.2. Je. 27.7; 50.3. e ch. 3.17; 20.4; 32.11. Je. 13.22,26; 2.26. Na. 3.5. Eze. 16.37; 4.7; 23.10. 2Sa. 10.4.
3Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: fI will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.
f Mat. 7.2. Re. 13.10. ch. 63.4; 21.3. Ro. 12.19. Ja. 2.13. Re. 18.8. ch. 31.4.
4gAs for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
g ch. 43.3,14; 44.6. Je. 50.15,17-19,28,33, 34; 51.33-37,56.
5hSit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.
h 1Sa. 2.9. La. 2.10; 3.2,28. Mi. 7.8. Je. 25.10. v.7. ch. 13; 14; 21. Je. 25; 50; 51. Re. 14.16-20; 16; 18; 19.20.
6¶iI was *wroth with my people, jI have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: kthou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
*wroth-angry.
i 2Ch. 28.9. Zec. 1.15. Ps. 69.26. ch. 43.20. 2Ki. 24; 25. Je. 39; 52. La. 1-5. De. 28.50. j ch. 43.28. k Ob. 1.10-16.
7¶And thou saidst, I shall be la lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.
l v.5,7. ch. 14.4-6,16,17; 13.14. Je. 25.9-11; 27.6,8. Da. 2.37; 5.18,19. Re. 18.7. La. 1.9. ch. 5.12-14. De. 32.20-29.
8Therefore hear now this, mthou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, nI am , and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:
m ch. 21.4. Da. 5.1-4. Ju. 18.17. ch. 32.9. Je. 50.11. Zep. 2.15. n Je. 50.31,32; 51.53. ch. 13.19; 14.13,14; 45.6,18; 46.9. Da. 4.30,31; 5.18-23. 2Th. 2.4. Re. 18.7.
9oBut these two things 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 pthe multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments.
o Je. 50; 51. Re. 14; 18. 1Th. 5.2,3. Lu. 17.27-29. ch. 13; 14; 21; 46. p v.12,13. ch. 2.6; 44.25. Na. 3.4. Da. 2.2; 4.7; 5.7. Re. 9.21; 18.23. 2Th. 2.9.
10¶For thou hast qtrusted in thy wickedness: thou rhast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath 1perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am , and none else beside me.
1Or, caused thee to turn away. v.12,13. Ro. 1.22. Pr. 3.5.
q Ec. 8.8. Ps. 52.7. ch. 28.15. r Eze. 8.12; 9.9. ch. 29.15. Ps. 64.5; 94.7; 10.11. Je. 51.57.
11¶Therefore sshall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know 2from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to 3put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.
2Heb. the morning thereof.
3Heb. expiate.
s 1Th. 5.2,3. Da. 5.30. ch. 13; 14; 21. Je. 50; 51. Re. 18.9. Job 1.16. Eze. 13.11. Ju. 16.30. 1Ki. 20.30. 2Pe. 2.3,9.
12tStand 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.
t ch. 8.19; 19.3; 44.25; 29.1. 2Th. 2.9,10. Re. 17.2. Na. 3.4. Ju. 10.14. Je. 2.28; 7.21.
13uThou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the 4astrologers, the stargazers, 5the monthly *prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.
4Heb. viewers of the heavens.
5Heb. that give knowledge concerning the months.
*prognosticators-forecasters.
u Eze. 24.12. ch. 44.25; 57.10. Da. 2.2,10; 5.7,8,30.
14Behold, vthey shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver 6themselves from the power of the flame: wthere shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.
6Heb. their souls.
v Ps. 83.13-15; 21.9. ch. 40.24; 41.2. Ex. 15.7. Na. 1.10. Da. 5.7,11. Mal. 4.1. w ch. 30.14. Je. 50.32; 51.25,26. Re. 18.21.
15Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even xthy merchants, from thy youth: ythey shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.
x v.12,13. Eze. 27. Re. 18.3,11,12,15,23. Je. 50.16,37. y ch. 56.11.