이사야 Chapter 47

Translation: ESV

1

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 shall no more be called tender and delicate.

Key Message

Even a proud empire crumbles before the judgment of God.

▸Babylon is personified as a woman and judged.

Babylon is personified as a woman and judged. 'Virgin daughter of Babylon'—the image of a city that has never been conquered. 'Sit in the dust'—a fall to the lowest condition. A plunge from the throne to the dust.

Related Verses

And he called out with a mighty voice, 'Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a dwelling place for demons, a haunt for every unclean spirit.'
5

Sit in silence, and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for you shall no more be called the mistress of kingdoms.

Key Message

The glory of earthly empires is temporary.

▸'The mistress of kingdoms'—Babylon's boast of world domination.

7

You said, 'I shall be mistress forever,' so that you did not lay these things to heart or remember their end.

Key Message

Pride makes one blind to one's own end.

▸'I shall be mistress forever'—Babylon's arrogant self-declaration.

10

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.'

Key Message

The greatest sin is the pride of coveting God's place.

▸'I am, and there is no one besides me'—this is an appropriation of God's self-declaration (45:5).