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Isaiah 47:1

“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of Chaldea! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
רְדִ֣י׀re.Digo downH3381 →
וּשְׁבִ֣יu.she.Viand sitH3427 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
עָפָ֗ר'a.Far[the] dustH6083 →
בְּתוּלַת֙be.tu.LatO virgin ofH1330 →
בַּת־bat-[the] daughter ofH1323 →
בָּבֶ֔לba.VelBabylonH894 →
שְׁבִי־she.vi-sitH3427 →
לָאָ֥רֶץla.'A.retzto the groundH776 →
אֵין־'ein-there notH369 →
כִּסֵּ֖אki.Se'[is] a throneH3678 →
בַּת־bat-O daughter ofH1323 →
כַּשְׂדִּ֑יםkas.Dim[the] ChaldeansH3778 →
כִּ֣יkiforH3588 →
לֹ֤אlo'notH3808 →
תוֹסִ֙יפִי֙to.Si.fiyou will repeatH3254 →
יִקְרְאוּ־yik.re.'u-people will callH7121 →
לָ֔ךְLakh<to> you
רַכָּ֖הra.KahtenderH7390 →
וַעֲנֻגָּֽה׃va.'a.nu.Gahand delicateH6028 →

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Jeremiah 51:33For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “The Daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled. In just a little while her harvest time will come.”Psalms 137:8O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.Jeremiah 46:11Go up to Gilead for balm, O Virgin Daughter of Egypt! In vain you try many remedies, but for you there is no healing.Jeremiah 50:42They grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Babylon.Zechariah 2:7“Get up, O Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon!”Isaiah 3:26And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.Isaiah 14:13–14You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north.Isaiah 37:22this is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.Psalms 18:27For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes.Jeremiah 48:18Come down from your glory; sit on parched ground, O daughter dwelling in Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come against you; he has destroyed your fortresses.Isaiah 47:7–9You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome.Ezekiel 28:17Your heart grew proud of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor; so I cast you to the earth; I made you a spectacle before kings.Lamentations 2:21Both young and old lie together in the dust of the streets. My young men and maidens have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have slaughtered them without compassion.Psalms 89:44You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.Ezekiel 26:16All the princes of the sea will descend from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. Clothed with terror, they will sit on the ground, trembling every moment, appalled over you.Deuteronomy 28:56–57The most gentle and refined woman among you, so gentle and refined she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge the husband she embraces and her son and daughterIsaiah 52:2Shake off your dust! Rise up and sit on your throne, O Jerusalem. Remove the chains from your neck, O captive Daughter of Zion.Lamentations 2:10The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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