(Chapter 47 continued) Come down, and sit upon the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the earth: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for
21. you shall no longer be called soft and dainty. (2.) Take the millstones, and grind meal: roll back the veils, make bare
22. the skirt, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers. (3.) Your nakedness shall be uncovered, your reproach also shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and neither
23. will I meet you as a man. (4.) Our Redeemer, YHWH of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel. (5.) Sit mute, and go {&waw&}
24. into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for you shall no more be called, The Mistress of Kingdoms. (6.) I was angry with my people,
25. and I have polluted my inheritance, and gave them into your hand: you showed them no mercy; on the elderly you heavily laid your yoke ( See 9:2 for the importance of this word.)
26. greatly. (7.). And you said, I shall be a heroine forever: you did not take these things to your heart, neither did you remember
27. the latter end of it. (8.) And now hear this, O voluptuous, who dwells securely, who says in your heart, I am, and there is no one
28. else; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I see [m...know] bereavement:{&waw&} (9.) But these two things shall come to you in a moment in one day,
29. bereavement and widowhood: in their completeness they shall come upon you for the multitude of your witchcraft, and for the great abundance of your enchantments. 10 For you have trusted
30. in your wickedness: you have said, No one sees me. Your wisdom and your knowledge has turned you around; and you have said in your heart, I am,
31. and there is no one else beside me. (11.) And evil shall come upon you; you shall not know from her origin, and disaster shall fall upon you; you shall not be able to cover it
Column XL Isaiah 47:11 to 49:4
1. (Continue Chapter 47:11) and holocaust shall come upon you suddenly, and you shall not know. (12.) Stand {&waw&} please with your enchantments, and with the multitude of your witchcraft, in which you toiled
2. from your youth; [+until today+] [Q omits the rest "if it be that you shall be able to profit, if it be that you may prevail."] (13.) [not in Q "you are wearied"] in the multitude of your counsels. Let them stand please, and let them save you, the astrologers, those seeing visions in stars,
3. the predictors of monthly knowledge, from these things that shall come on you. (14.) Behold, they shall be like chaff; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver their souls
4. from the hand of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm them, nor a light to sit opposite it. (15.) Thus shall they be to you with whom you have labored your merchants from your youth:
5. each man to his passing, they shall wander astray; none shall save you. (PP)
This is a directory of pages of the Great Isaiah Scroll of the Qumran community. This scroll (which has been named by scholars as "Q") is dated at 100 BC.
Isaiah Commentary: You will find material here not found in other commentaries presented in a style that anyone interested in Scripture can understand. The discussion of Hebrew terms, when cited, is made as clear as possible for an English reader.
I emailed the author for what was the word used here for witchcraft.