Take the millstones and grind flour.
Remove your veil, lift up your skirt, uncover your legs,
and wade through the rivers.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Isaiah 47:2 in context
Isaiah 47:1–5
1
“Come down and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon.
Sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of the Chaldeans.
For you will no longer be called tender and delicate.
2
Selected verse
Take the millstones and grind flour.
Remove your veil, lift up your skirt, uncover your legs,
and wade through the rivers.
3
Your nakedness will be uncovered.
Yes, your shame will be seen.
I will take vengeance,
and will spare no one.”
4
Our Redeemer, the LORD of Armies is his name,
is the Holy One of Israel.
5
“Sit in silence, and go into darkness,
daughter of the Chaldeans.
For you shall no longer be called
the mistress of kingdoms.
Continue with Isaiah 47
Read the complete chapter in World English Bible Updated.
Open Isaiah 47