Verse 1

Come down{H3381}{(H8798)}, and sit{H3427}{(H8798)} in the dust{H6083}, O virgin{H1330} daughter{H1323} of Babylon{H894}, sit{H3427}{(H8798)} on the ground{H776}: there is no throne{H3678}, O daughter{H1323} of the Chaldeans{H3778}: for thou shalt no more{H3254}{(H8686)} be called{H7121}{(H8799)} tender{H7390} and delicate{H6028}.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 137:8 : 8 O daughter{H1323} of Babylon{H894}, who art to be destroyed{H7703}{(H8803)}; happy{H835} shall he be, that rewardeth{H7999}{(H8762)} thee as thou hast served{H1580}{(H8804)}{H1576} us.
  • Zech 2:7 : 7 Deliver{H4422}{(H8734)} thyself, O{H1945} Zion{H6726}, that dwellest{H3427}{(H8802)} with the daughter{H1323} of Babylon{H894}.
  • Jer 51:33 : 33 For thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}, the God{H430} of Israel{H3478}; The daughter{H1323} of Babylon{H894} is like a threshingfloor{H1637}, it is time{H6256} to thresh{H1869}{(H8687)} her: yet a little while{H4592}, and the time{H6256} of her harvest{H7105} shall come{H935}{(H8804)}.
  • Isa 3:26 : 26 And her gates{H6607} shall lament{H578}{(H8804)} and mourn{H56}{(H8804)}; and she being desolate{H5352}{(H8738)} shall sit{H3427}{(H8799)} upon the ground{H776}.
  • Jer 46:11 : 11 Go up{H5927}{(H8798)} into Gilead{H1568}, and take{H3947}{(H8798)} balm{H6875}, O virgin{H1330}, the daughter{H1323} of Egypt{H4714}: in vain{H7723} shalt thou use many{H7235}{(H8689)} medicines{H7499}; for thou shalt not be cured{H8585}.
  • Jer 50:42 : 42 They shall hold{H2388}{(H8686)} the bow{H7198} and the lance{H3591}: they are cruel{H394}, and will not shew mercy{H7355}{(H8762)}: their voice{H6963} shall roar{H1993}{(H8799)} like the sea{H3220}, and they shall ride{H7392}{(H8799)} upon horses{H5483}, every one put in array{H6186}{(H8803)}, like a man{H376} to the battle{H4421}, against thee, O daughter{H1323} of Babylon{H894}.
  • Jer 48:18 : 18 Thou daughter{H1323} that dost inhabit{H3427}{(H8802)} Dibon{H1769}, come down{H3381}{(H8798)} from thy glory{H3519}, and sit{H3427}{(H8798)} in thirst{H6772}; for the spoiler{H7703}{(H8802)} of Moab{H4124} shall come{H5927}{(H8804)} upon thee, and he shall destroy{H7843}{(H8765)} thy strong holds{H4013}.
  • Isa 37:22 : 22 This is the word{H1697} which the LORD{H3068} hath spoken{H1696}{(H8765)} concerning him; The virgin{H1330}, the daughter{H1323} of Zion{H6726}, hath despised{H959}{(H8804)} thee, and laughed thee to scorn;{H3932}{(H8804)} the daughter{H1323} of Jerusalem{H3389} hath shaken{H5128}{(H8689)} her head{H7218} at thee{H310}.
  • Isa 14:13-14 : 13 For thou hast said{H559}{(H8804)} in thine heart{H3824}, I will ascend{H5927}{(H8799)} into heaven{H8064}, I will exalt{H7311}{(H8686)} my throne{H3678} above{H4605} the stars{H3556} of God{H410}: I will sit{H3427}{(H8799)} also upon the mount{H2022} of the congregation{H4150}, in the sides{H3411} of the north{H6828}: 14 I will ascend{H5927}{(H8799)} above the heights{H1116} of the clouds{H5645}; I will be like{H1819}{(H8691)} the most High{H5945}.
  • Ps 18:27 : 27 For thou wilt save{H3467}{(H8686)} the afflicted{H6041} people{H5971}; but wilt bring down{H8213}{(H8686)} high{H7311}{(H8802)} looks{H5869}.
  • Ps 89:44 : 44 Thou hast made his glory{H2892} to cease{H7673}{H8689)}, and cast{H4048} his throne{H3678} down{H4048}{H8765)} to the ground{H776}.
  • Deut 28:56-57 : 56 The tender{H7390} and delicate{H6028} woman among you, which would not adventure{H5254}{(H8765)} to set{H3322}{(H8687)} the sole{H3709} of her foot{H7272} upon the ground{H776} for delicateness{H6026}{(H8692)} and tenderness{H7391}, her eye{H5869} shall be evil{H3415}{(H8799)} toward the husband{H376} of her bosom{H2436}, and toward her son{H1121}, and toward her daughter{H1323}, 57 And toward her young one{H7988} that cometh out{H3318}{(H8802)} from between her feet{H7272}, and toward her children{H1121} which she shall bear{H3205}{(H8799)}: for she shall eat{H398}{(H8799)} them for want{H2640} of all things secretly{H5643} in the siege{H4692} and straitness{H4689}, wherewith thine enemy{H341}{(H8802)} shall distress{H6693}{(H8686)} thee in thy gates{H8179}.
  • Job 2:8 : 8 And he took{H3947}{(H8799)} him a potsherd{H2789} to scrape{H1623}{(H8692)} himself withal; and he sat down{H3427}{(H8802)} among{H8432} the ashes{H665}.
  • Job 2:13 : 13 So they sat down{H3427}{(H8799)} with him upon the ground{H776} seven{H7651} days{H3117} and seven{H7651} nights{H3915}, and none spake{H1696}{(H8802)} a word{H1697} unto him: for they saw{H7200}{(H8804)} that his grief{H3511} was very{H3966} great{H1431}{(H8804)}.
  • Isa 23:12 : 12 And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, Thou shalt no more{H3254}{(H8686)} rejoice{H5937}{(H8800)}, O thou oppressed{H6231}{(H8794)} virgin{H1330}, daughter{H1323} of Zidon{H6721}: arise{H6965}{(H8798)}, pass over{H5674}{(H8798)} to Chittim{H3794}; there also shalt thou have no rest{H5117}{(H8799)}.
  • Isa 26:5 : 5 For he bringeth down{H7817}{(H8689)} them that dwell{H3427}{(H8802)} on high{H4791}; the lofty{H7682}{(H8737)} city{H7151}, he layeth it low{H8213}{(H8686)}; he layeth it low{H8213}{(H8686)}, even to the ground{H776}; he bringeth{H5060}{(H8686)} it even to the dust{H6083}.
  • Isa 32:9-9 : 9 Rise up{H6965}{(H8798)}, ye women{H802} that are at ease{H7600}; hear{H8085}{(H8798)} my voice{H6963}, ye careless{H982}{(H8802)} daughters{H1323}; give ear{H238}{(H8685)} unto my speech{H565}. 10 Many days{H3117} and years{H8141} shall ye be troubled{H7264}{(H8799)}, ye careless women{H982}{(H8802)}: for the vintage{H1210} shall fail{H3615}{(H8804)}, the gathering{H625} shall not come{H935}{(H8799)}. 11 Tremble{H2729}{(H8798)}, ye women that are at ease{H7600}; be troubled{H7264}{(H8798)}, ye careless ones{H982}{(H8802)}: strip{H6584}{(H8800)} you, and make you bare{H6209}{(H8798)}, and gird{H2290} sackcloth upon your loins{H2504}.
  • Lam 2:10 : 10 The elders{H2205} of the daughter{H1323} of Zion{H6726} sit{H3427}{(H8799)} upon the ground{H776}, and keep silence{H1826}{(H8799)}: they have cast up{H5927}{(H8689)} dust{H6083} upon their heads{H7218}; they have girded{H2296}{(H8804)} themselves with sackcloth{H8242}: the virgins{H1330} of Jerusalem{H3389} hang down{H3381}{(H8689)} their heads{H7218} to the ground{H776}.
  • Lam 2:21 : 21 The young{H5288} and the old{H2205} lie{H7901}{(H8804)} on the ground{H776} in the streets{H2351}: my virgins{H1330} and my young men{H970} are fallen{H5307}{(H8804)} by the sword{H2719}; thou hast slain{H2026}{(H8804)} them in the day{H3117} of thine anger{H639}; thou hast killed{H2873}{(H8804)}, and not pitied{H2550}{(H8804)}.
  • Lam 4:5 : 5 They that did feed{H398}{(H8802)} delicately{H4574} are desolate{H8074}{(H8738)} in the streets{H2351}: they that were brought up{H539}{(H8803)} in scarlet{H8438} embrace{H2263}{(H8765)} dunghills{H830}.
  • Ezek 26:16 : 16 Then all the princes{H5387} of the sea{H3220} shall come down{H3381}{(H8804)} from their thrones{H3678}, and lay away{H5493}{(H8689)} their robes{H4598}, and put off{H6584}{(H8799)} their broidered{H7553} garments{H899}: they shall clothe{H3847}{(H8799)} themselves with trembling{H2731}; they shall sit{H3427}{(H8799)} upon the ground{H776}, and shall tremble{H2729}{(H8804)} at every moment{H7281}, and be astonished{H8074}{(H8804)} at thee.
  • Ezek 28:17 : 17 Thine heart{H3820} was lifted up{H1361}{(H8804)} because of thy beauty{H3308}, thou hast corrupted{H7843}{(H8765)} thy wisdom{H2451} by reason of{H5921} thy brightness{H3314}: I will cast{H7993}{(H8689)} thee to the ground{H776}, I will lay{H5414}{(H8804)} thee before{H6440} kings{H4428}, that they may behold{H7200}{(H8800)} thee.
  • Isa 47:7-9 : 7 And thou saidst{H559}{(H8799)}, I shall be a lady{H1404} for ever{H5769}: so that thou didst not lay{H7760}{(H8804)} these things to thy heart{H3820}, neither didst remember{H2142}{(H8804)} the latter end{H319} of it. 8 Therefore hear{H8085}{(H8798)} now this, thou that art given to pleasures{H5719}, that dwellest{H3427}{(H8802)} carelessly{H983}, that sayest{H559}{(H8802)} in thine heart{H3824}, I am, and none else{H657} beside me; I shall not sit{H3427}{(H8799)} as a widow{H490}, neither shall I know{H3045}{(H8799)} the loss of children{H7908}: 9 But these two{H8147} things shall come{H935}{(H8799)} to thee in a moment{H7281} in one{H259} day{H3117}, the loss of children{H7908}, and widowhood{H489}: they shall come{H935}{(H8804)} upon thee in their perfection{H8537} for the multitude{H7230} of thy sorceries{H3785}, and for the great{H3966} abundance{H6109} of thine enchantments{H2267}.
  • Isa 52:2 : 2 Shake{H5287}{(H8690)} thyself from the dust{H6083}; arise{H6965}{(H8798)}, and sit down{H3427}{(H8798)}, O Jerusalem{H3389}: loose{H6605}{(H8690)} thyself from the bands{H4147} of thy neck{H6677}, O captive{H7628} daughter{H1323} of Zion{H6726}.
  • Jer 13:18 : 18 Say{H559}{(H8798)} unto the king{H4428} and to the queen{H1377}, Humble{H8213}{(H8685)} yourselves, sit down{H3427}{(H8798)}: for your principalities{H4761} shall come down{H3381}{(H8804)}, even the crown{H5850} of your glory{H8597}.
  • Rev 18:7 : 7 How much{G3745} she hath glorified{G1392}{(G5656)} herself{G1438}, and{G2532} lived deliciously{G4763}{(G5656)}, so much{G5118} torment{G929} and{G2532} sorrow{G3997} give{G1325}{(G5628)} her{G846}: for{G3754} she saith{G3004}{(G5719)} in{G1722} her{G846} heart{G2588}, I sit{G2521}{(G5736)} a queen{G938}, and{G2532} am{G1510}{(G5748)} no{G3756} widow{G5503}, and{G2532} shall see{G1492}{(G5632)} no{G3364} sorrow{G3997}.
  • Obad 1:3-4 : 3 The pride{H2087} of thine heart{H3820} hath deceived{H5377}{(H8689)} thee, thou that dwellest{H7931}{(H8802)} in the clefts{H2288} of the rock{H5553}, whose habitation{H3427}{(H8800)} is high{H4791}; that saith{H559}{(H8802)} in his heart{H3820}, Who shall bring me down{H3381}{(H8686)} to the ground{H776}? 4 Though thou exalt{H1361}{(H8686)} thyself as the eagle{H5404}, and though thou set{H7760}{(H8800)} thy nest{H7064} among the stars{H3556}, thence will I bring thee down{H3381}{(H8686)}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}.
  • Jonah 3:6 : 6 For word{H1697} came{H5060}{(H8799)} unto the king{H4428} of Nineveh{H5210}, and he arose{H6965}{(H8799)} from his throne{H3678}, and he laid{H5674}{(H8686)} his robe{H155} from him, and covered{H3680}{(H8762)} him with sackcloth{H8242}, and sat{H3427}{(H8799)} in ashes{H665}.
  • Hag 2:22 : 22 And I will overthrow{H2015}{(H8804)} the throne{H3678} of kingdoms{H4467}, and I will destroy{H8045}{(H8689)} the strength{H2392} of the kingdoms{H4467} of the heathen{H1471}; and I will overthrow{H2015}{(H8804)} the chariots{H4818}, and those that ride{H7392}{(H8802)} in them; and the horses{H5483} and their riders{H7392}{(H8802)} shall come down{H3381}{(H8804)}, every one{H376} by the sword{H2719} of his brother{H251}.