Isaiah:47

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* Come down and sit in the dust , O virgin daughter of Babylon ; sit on the ground without a throne , O daughter of the Chalde 'ans ! For you shall no more be called tender and delicate . * Take the millstones and grind meal , put off your veil , strip off your robe , uncover your legs , pass through the rivers . * Your nakedness shall be uncovered , and your shame shall be seen . I will take vengeance , and I will spare no man . * Our Redeemer -- the LORD of hosts is his name -- is the Holy One of Israel . * Sit in silence , and go into darkness , O daughter of the Chalde 'ans ; for you shall no more be called the mistress of kingdoms . * I was angry with my people , I profaned my heritage ; I gave them into your hand , you showed them no mercy ; on the aged you made your yoke exceedingly heavy . * You said , "I shall be mistress for ever ," so that you did not lay these things to heart or remember their end . * Now therefore hear this , you lover of pleasures , who sit securely , who say in your heart , "I am , and there is no one besides me ; I shall not sit as a widow or know the loss of children ": * These two things shall come to you in a moment , in one day ; the loss of children and widowhood shall come upon you in full measure , in spite of your many sorceries and the great power of your enchantments . * You felt secure in your wickedness , you said , "No one sees me "; your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray , and you said in your heart , "I am , and there is no one besides me ." * But evil shall come upon you , for which you cannot atone ; disaster shall fall upon you , which you will not be able to expiate ; and ruin shall come on you suddenly , of which you know nothing . * Stand fast in your enchantments and your many sorceries , with which you have labored from your youth ; perhaps you may be able to succeed , perhaps you may inspire terror . * You are wearied with your many counsels ; let them stand forth and save you , those who divide the heavens , who gaze at the stars , who at the new moons predict what shall befall you . * Behold , they are like stubble , the fire consumes them ; they cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame . No coal for warming oneself is this , no fire to sit before ! * Such to you are those with whom you have labored , who have trafficked with you from your youth ; they wander about each in his own direction ; there is no one to save you .

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