Isaiah 47:1
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.”
יָרַד
to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)
עָפָר
the dust
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עָפָר
Dust, dry earth. Aphar. The material from which God formed Adam. You are dust and to dust you shall return. But between the dust God breathed His own life into you.
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יָשַׁב
sit
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יָשַׁב
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
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כַּשְׂדִּי
the Chaldeans
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כַּשְׂדִּי
a Kasdite, or descendant of Kesed; by implication, a Chaldaean (as if so descended); also an astrologer (as if proverbial of that people
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קָרָא
people will call
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קָרָא
To call, to proclaim, to read aloud. Qara. God called Abraham Moses Samuel and you. When God calls your name everything changes.
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בְּתוּלָה
O virgin of
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בְּתוּלָה
a virgin (from her privacy); sometimes (by continuation) a bride; also (figuratively) a city or state
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בַּת
O daughter of
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בַּת
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
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יָסַף
you will repeat
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יָסַף
to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
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רַךְ
tender
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רַךְ
tender (literally or figuratively); by implication, weak
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כִּסֵּא
is a throne
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כִּסֵּא
properly, covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied)
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