Isaiah 47:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

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 you shall no more be called tender and delicate.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רְדִ֣י ׀ וּשְׁבִ֣י עַל־עָפָ֗ר בְּתוּלַת֙ בַּת־בָּבֶ֔ל שְׁבִי־לָאָ֥רֶץ אֵין־כִּסֵּ֖א בַּת־כַּשְׂדִּ֑ים כִּ֣י לֹ֤א תוֹסִ֙יפִי֙ יִקְרְאוּ־לָ֔ךְ רַכָּ֖ה וַעֲנֻגָּֽה׃

Transliteration

rəḏî and-ūšəḇî upon-ʿāp̄ār bəṯūlaṯ baṯ-bāḇel šəḇî-to-the-ʾāreṣ without-kissēʾ baṯ-kaśdîm for not ṯôsîp̄î yiqrəʾū-to-you rakkâ and-ʿănuggâ.

Grammar Details

• *rəḏî*: imperative, feminine singular - come down/descend
• *ūšəḇî*: conjunction wə- + imperative, feminine singular - and sit
• *ʿāp̄ār*: masculine singular - dust/ground
• *bəṯūlaṯ*: construct form, feminine singular - virgin of
• *baṯ-bāḇel*: construct chain - daughter of Babylon
• *šəḇî*: imperative, feminine singular - sit
• *ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular - earth/ground
• *kissēʾ*: masculine singular - throne/seat
• *baṯ-kaśdîm*: construct chain - daughter of Chaldeans
• *ṯôsîp̄î*: hiphil imperfect, 2nd person feminine singular - you will add/continue
• *yiqrəʾū*: qal imperfect, 3rd person plural - they will call
• *rakkâ*: feminine singular adjective - tender/delicate
• *ʿănuggâ*: feminine singular adjective - luxurious/dainty

Word Meanings

• *rəḏî*: come down/descend/go down
• *ʿāp̄ār*: dust/dirt/soil/ground
• *bəṯūlaṯ*: virgin/maiden
• *baṯ-bāḇel*: daughter of Babylon/virgin of Babylon
• *baṯ-kaśdîm*: daughter of Chaldeans/virgin of Chaldea
• *rakkâ*: tender/delicate/soft
• *ʿănuggâ*: luxurious/dainty/pampered

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  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 you will no longer be called tender and delicate.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But as for the (O doughter, thou virgin Babilon) thou shalt syt in the dust. Thou shalt syt vpon the groude, and not in a trone (o thou mayden of Chaldea). Thou shalt nomore be called tender, and pleasaut.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Come downe and sit in the dust: O virgine, daughter Babel, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, Tender and delicate.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But as for thee O daughter, thou virgin Babylon, sit thou downe in the dust, sit vpo the ground, there is no throne O thou daughter of Caldea, for thou shalt no more be called tender and pleasaunt.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ 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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Come down, and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of the Chaldeans: for you shall no more be called tender and delicate.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Come down, and sit on the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, Sit on the earth, there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans, For no more do they cry to thee, `O tender and delicate one.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Come and take your seat in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; come down from your seat of power, and take your place on the earth, O daughter of the Chaldaeans: for you will never again seem soft and delicate.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "Come down, and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of the Chaldeans: for you shall no more be called tender and delicate.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Babylon Will Fall“Fall down! Sit in the dirt, O virgin daughter Babylon! Sit on the ground, not on a throne, O daughter of the Babylonians! Indeed, you will no longer be called delicate and pampered.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 137:8 : 8 O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed; happy shall he be who rewards you as you have served us.
• Zech 2:7 : 7 Deliver yourself, O Zion, who dwells with the daughter of Babylon.
• Jer 51:33 : 33 For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor; it is time to thresh her; yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.
• Isa 3:26 : 26 And her gates shall lament and mourn, and she being desolate shall sit on the ground.
• Jer 46:11 : 11 Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shall you use many medicines; you shall not be cured.
• Jer 50:42 : 42 They shall hold the bow and the spear: they are cruel, and will show no mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one set in order, like a man to the battle, against you, O daughter of Babylon.
• Jer 48:18 : 18 You daughter who inhabits Dibon, come down from your glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon you, and he shall destroy your strongholds.
• Isa 37:22 : 22 This is the word which the LORD has spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, has despised you and laughed you to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.
• Isa 14:13-14 : 13 For you have said in your heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will also sit upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High.
• Ps 18:27 : 27 For you will save the afflicted people; but will bring down high looks.
• Ps 89:44 : 44 You have made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
• Deut 28:56-57 : 56 The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter, 57 And toward her young one that comes out from between her feet, and toward her children who she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and distress, with which your enemy shall distress you in your gates.
• Job 2:8 : 8 And he took a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat down among the ashes.
• Job 2:13 : 13 So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word to him: for they saw that his grief was very great.
• Isa 23:12 : 12 And he said, You shall rejoice no more, O oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, cross over to Chittim; there also you shall have no rest.
• Isa 26:5 : 5 For He brings down those who dwell on high; the lofty city, He lays it low; He lays it low, even to the ground; He brings it even to the dust.
• Isa 32:9-9 : 9 Rise up, you women who are at ease; hear my voice, you careless daughters; give ear to my speech. 10 In many days and years you shall be troubled, you careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come. 11 Tremble, you women who are at ease; be troubled, you careless ones: strip yourselves, make yourselves bare, and gird sackcloth upon your waists.
• Lam 2:10 : 10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground, and keep silence: they have thrown dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
• Lam 2:21 : 21 The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men have fallen by the sword; You have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have killed, and not pitied.
• Lam 4:5 : 5 Those who ate delicacies are desolate in the streets; those who were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
• Ezek 26:16 : 16 Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay aside their robes and put off their embroidered garments; they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground and tremble every moment, and be astonished at you.
• Ezek 28:17 : 17 Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty, you have corrupted your wisdom by reason of your brightness: I will cast you to the ground, I will lay you before kings, that they may behold you.
• Isa 47:7-9 : 7 And you said, 'I shall be a lady forever,' so that you did not lay these things to heart, nor remember their end. 8 Therefore hear this now, you that are given to pleasures, that dwell carelessly, that say in your heart, 'I am, and there is none else besides me; I shall not sit as a widow, nor shall I know the loss of children.' 9 But these two things shall come to you in a moment, in one day: the loss of children and widowhood. They shall come upon you in their fullness for the multitude of your sorceries and for the great abundance of your enchantments.
• Isa 52:2 : 2 Shake yourself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose yourself from the bands of your neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
• Jer 13:18 : 18 Say to the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.
• Rev 18:7 : 7 As much as she has glorified herself, and lived luxuriously, give her that much torment and sorrow: for she says in her heart, I sit as a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
• Obad 1:3-4 : 3 The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, whose dwelling is high; who says in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? 4 Though you exalt yourself like the eagle, and though you set your nest among the stars, from there I will bring you down, says the LORD.
• Jonah 3:6 : 6 For word came to the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
• Hag 2:22 : 22 And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations; and I will overthrow the chariots and those who ride in them; the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.