(A)Sit silently, and go into (B)darkness,
O daughter of the Chaldeans,
For you will no longer be called
The (C)queen of (D)kingdoms.
“I was angry with My people,
I profaned My heritage
And gave them into your hand.
You did not show mercy to them,
On the (E)aged you made your yoke very heavy.
“Yet you said, ‘I will be a (F)queen forever.’
These things you did not (G)consider
Nor remember the (H)outcome of [a]them.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 47:7 Lit it

“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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