🕊️WEB · Isaiah 47:2
What does Isaiah 47:2 mean?
"Take the millstones, and grind flour. Remove your veil, lift up your skirt, uncover your legs, and wade through the rivers."
— Isaiah 47:2 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
“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.
Take the millstones, and grind flour. Remove your veil, lift up your skirt, uncover your legs, and wade through the rivers.
Your nakedness will be uncovered. Yes, your shame will be seen. I will take vengeance, and will spare no one.”
Our Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies is his name, is the Holy One of Israel.
“Sit in silence, and go into darkness, daughter of the Chaldeans. For you shall no longer be called the mistress of kingdoms.
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