Isaías 47:2

2 Toma las pesadas ruedas de molino y muele la harina;
quítate el velo y despójate de tu túnica.
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Isaías 47:2 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 47:2

Take the millstones, and grind meal
Foretelling that the Chaldeans should be taken captives, and used as such, and sent to prison houses, where they should turn the mill, and grind corn into meal; a very servile work, and which used to be done by captives and slaves, even by female ones, ( Exodus 11:5 ) ( 12:29 ) ( Judges 16:21 ) . The Targum is,

``go into servitude;''

of which this was a sign: uncover thy locks:
the attire and dress of the head, by which the locks were bound up and kept together; but being taken off, would hang loose, and be dishevelled, as in captives and mourners. The Targum is,

``uncover the glory of thy kingdom:''

make bare the leg;
or the shoulder, as the Vulgate Latin version, to be scourged by the Persians: uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers:
they are bid to tuck up their clothes so high, that they might pass over the rivers which lay between them and Persia, whither they were carried captives. The Targum is,

``thy princes are broken, the people of their army are scattered, they pass away as the waters of the river.''

Isaías 47:2 In-Context

1 Predicción de la caída de Babilonia
»Desciende, hija virgen de Babilonia, y siéntate en el polvo
porque han terminado tus días de estar sentada en el trono.
Oh hija de Babilonia,
nunca volverás a ser
la encantadora princesa, tierna y delicada.

2 Toma las pesadas ruedas de molino y muele la harina;
quítate el velo y despójate de tu túnica.
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3 Quedarás desnuda y llena de vergüenza.
Me vengaré de ti sin piedad».

4 Nuestro Redentor, cuyo nombre es el Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales,
es el Santo de Israel.

5 «Oh Babilonia hermosa, siéntate ahora en oscuridad y en silencio.
Nunca más serás conocida como la reina de los reinos.