Jesaja 47:2

2 Neem de molen, en maal meel; ontdek uw vlechten, ontbloot de enkelen, ontdek de schenkelen, ga door de rivieren.

Jesaja 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.''

Jesaja 47:2 In-Context

1 Daal af, en zit in het stof, gij jonkvrouw, dochter van Babel! zit op de aarde, er is geen troon meer, gij dochter der Chaldeen! want gij zult niet meer genaamd worden de tedere, noch de wellustige.

2 Neem de molen, en maal meel; ontdek uw vlechten, ontbloot de enkelen, ontdek de schenkelen, ga door de rivieren.

3 Uw schaamte zal ontdekt worden, ook zal uw schande gezien worden; Ik zal wraak nemen, en Ik zal op u niet aanvallen als een mens.

4 Onzes Verlossers Naam is HEERE der heirscharen, de Heilige Israels.

5 Zit stilzwijgende, en ga in de duisternis, gij dochter der Chaldeen! want gij zult niet meer genoemd worden koningin der koninkrijken.