5"Sit in silence, go into darkness, Daughter of the Babylonians; no more will you be called queen of kingdoms.


In Context

2 Take millstones and grind flour; take off your veil. Lift up your skirts, bare your legs, and wade through the streams.

3 Your nakedness will be exposed and your shame uncovered. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one."

4 Our Redeemer-the Lord Almighty is his name- is the Holy One of Israel.

5 "Sit in silence, go into darkness, Daughter of the Babylonians; no more will you be called queen of kingdoms.

6 I was angry with my people and desecrated my inheritance; I gave them into your hand, and you showed them no mercy. Even on the aged you laid a very heavy yoke.

7 You said, 'I will continue forever- the eternal queen!' But you did not consider these things or reflect on what might happen.

Isaiah 47:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

47:5Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

47:5Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called the lady of kingdoms.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

47:5Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called The mistress of kingdoms.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

47:5Sit silent, and get thee into darkness, daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called, Mistress of kingdoms.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

47:5Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called The lady of kingdoms.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

47:5Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

47:5Sit silent, and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans, For no more do they cry to thee, 'Mistress of kingdoms.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

47:5Sit you silent, and get you into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for you shall no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.