Study it in the app““Go down and sit on the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of the Chaldeans; for they will not again call you tender and delicate.”
“Go downרְדִיand sitוּשְׁבִיon the dust,עַל עָפָרvirginבְּתוּלַתdaughterבַּתof Babylon;בָּבֶלsitשְׁבִיon the groundלָאָרֶץwithoutאֵיןa throne,כִּסֵּאdaughterבַּתof the Chaldeans;כַּשְׂדִּיםforכִּיthey will notלֹאagainתוֹסִיפִיcall youיִקְרְאוּ לָךְtenderרַכָּהand delicate.וַעֲנֻגָּה
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “redi” appearssit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “shevi” appearsdust
Dry, loose earth, fine as dust; God formed man from it.
Where else “afar” appearsvirgin
Young woman not yet married; virgin.
Where else “betulat” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appearsground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “arets” appearsthrone
Literally "the seat": the king's chair, or YHWH's, from which he rules.
Where else “kise” appearsChaldean
The Chaldeans, or the Babylonians.
Where else “kasdim” appearsdo again
To do again what had already been done.
Where else “tosifi” appearsname
To give someone a name.
Where else “yikru” appearstender
Delicate, like a child.
Where else “raka” appearsdelicate
Delicate: used to comfort and luxury.
Where else “anuga” appearsBabylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
1 · This verse (above)
2Take the mill and grind flour; uncover your veil, lift up the skirt, uncover the leg, cross the rivers.
