...prophet Isaiah refers to the practice, of women servants grinding corn, in the following words : " Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground ; .'/",.... is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called tender and...

...that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maid-servant that is behind the mill."t " Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon," said Isaiah, " take the millstones and grind meal." You will observe that, however obvious the application...

...of her gods he hath broken unto the ground." — Isaiah xxi. 9. " Come down, and sit in the dust, 0 virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground : there is no throne, 0 daughter of the Chaldeans : for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. Take the millstones,...

...rightly delivered by the Prophet Is. 47, to the lost soul under the likeness of Babylon, Come down atid sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground ; there is no throne for the daughter of the Chaldeans. For here I think the human mind is called a virgin, not as undefiled,...

...exacted, and to endure the humiliation thus strikingly foretold : " Come down and sit in the dust, 0 virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground, there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans." It was not, indeed, by one conquest that this earliest seat of empire was laid utterly waste. Though...

...Cyrus) will perform his purpose on Babylon (48:14). Thus, he sings a satire against Babylon in 47:1ff.: "Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon," etc. The proud and beautiful city will be humbled; she will no longer be called "the mistress of kingdoms"...

...That there is none besides me. I am the Lord, and there is none else. THE ACCURSED GENTILE: BABYLON 47 Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter...is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: For thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. 2 Take the millstones, and grind meal: 5 Sit thou silent,...

...at Babylon, it does appear to be built for the ages. The figure of speech is taken from Isaiah 47. "Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter...is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. . . . Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter...

...(as in 45:24-25) in a final appeal to disbelievers and cynics. THE FALL OF BABYLON Isaiah 47: 1-15 'Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans! For you shall no more be called tender and delicate....

...the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel. 5 Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, ght of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This The lady of kingdoms. 6 HI was wroth with my people. I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them...