God's judgment upon Babylon and Chaldea,

47:1 “Come down, and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon;
sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of the Chaldeans:
for you shall no more be called tender and delicate.

47:2 Take the millstones, and grind meal;
remove your veil, strip off the train,
uncover the leg, pass through the rivers.

47:3 Your nakedness shall be uncovered,
yes, your shame shall be seen:
I will take vengeance, and will spare no man.”

47:4 Our Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies is his name, the Holy One of Israel.

47:5 “Sit in silence, and go into darkness, daughter of the Chaldeans;
for you shall no more be called the mistress of kingdoms.

for their unmercifulness,

47:6 I was angry with my people, I profaned my inheritance,
and gave them into your hand: you showed them no mercy;
on the aged you have very heavily laid your yoke.

pride,

47:7 You said, I shall be mistress forever;
so that you did not lay these things to your heart,
neither did remember the latter end of it.

47:8 “Now therefore hear this,
you who are given to pleasures,
who sit securely,
who say in your heart, I am,
and there is none else besides me;
I shall not sit as a widow,
neither shall I know the loss of children:

47:9 but these two things shall come to you in a moment in one day,
the loss of children, and widowhood;
in their full measure shall they come on you,
in the multitude of your sorceries,
and the great abundance of your enchantments.

and overboldness,

47:10 For you have trusted in your wickedness;
you have said, No one sees me;

your wisdom and your knowledge, it has perverted you,
and you have said in your heart, I am,
and there is none else besides me.

shall be irresistible.

47:11 Therefore evil will come on you; you won’t know when it dawns:
and mischief wil fall on you; you will not be able to put it away:
and desolation shall come on you suddenly, which you don’t know.

47:12 “Stand now with your enchantments, and with the multitude of your sorceries,
in which you have labored from your youth;
if so be you shall be able to profit, if so be you may prevail.

47:13 You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels:
let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up,
and save you from the things that shall come on you.

47:14 Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them;
they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame:
it shall not be a coal to warm at, nor a fire to sit before.

47:15 Thus shall the things be to you in which you have labored:
those who have trafficked with you from your youth shall wander
everyone to his quarter; there shall be none to save you.