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“Sit silent,[a] and enter into the darkness,
    you daughter of the Chaldeans;
for no more will they call you
    Queen of Kingdoms.
I was angry with my people,
    and[b] I desecrated my heritage,
and gave them into your control.
    You showed them no mercy;
        even on the aged you laid your yoke most heavily.
You said, ‘I will always continue—Queen forever!’
    You didn’t take these things into your thinking,
        nor did you think about their consequences.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 47:5 1QIsaa and MT use alternate forms of the same term
  2. Isaiah 47:6 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT lack and
  3. Isaiah 47:7 1QIsaa and MT use alternate forms; LXX reads the last things

“Sit in silence,(A) go into darkness,(B)
    queen city of the Babylonians;(C)
no more will you be called
    queen(D) of kingdoms.(E)
I was angry(F) with my people
    and desecrated my inheritance;(G)
I gave them into your hand,(H)
    and you showed them no mercy.(I)
Even on the aged
    you laid a very heavy yoke.
You said, ‘I am forever(J)
    the eternal queen!’(K)
But you did not consider these things
    or reflect(L) on what might happen.(M)

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