Isaiah 45 - 50

Isaiah 47

King James Version                                                  My Version - As it applies to America

1 Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: [there 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: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.  3 Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet [thee as] a man.  4 [As for] our redeemer, the LORD of hosts [is] his name, the Holy One of Israel.  5 Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.  6 I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.  7 And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: [so] that thou didst not lay these [things] to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.  8 Therefore hear now this, [thou that art] given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I [am], and none else beside me; I shall not sit [as] a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:  9 But these two [things] shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, [and] for the great abundance of thine enchantments.  10 For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I [am], and none else beside me.  11 Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, [which] thou shalt not know.  12 Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.  13 Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from [these things] that shall come upon thee.  14 Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: [there shall] not [be] a coal to warm at, [nor] fire to sit before it.  15 Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, [even] thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.

1 Abase yourselves, American citizens, sit down in shame: you no longer rule, O daughter of Washington:  for you shall no more be respected as unique, as a leader of nations. 2 Do the common work of peasants.  Your banality is exposed as a naked woman. Your covering is a sham. 3 You are exposed and sit in shame for all to see.  The Lord will exact vengeance for your iniquity.  You are no longer respected.    4  Our redeemer, The Lord Almighty, is the Holy One of Israel. 5 No one listens to you anymore, you are not a light to the world, O child of Lincoln: you are not the leader of the free world. 6 I am upset with those who call themselves a Christian nation but have followed denominational teaching instead of my Word. You have mocked my ministers and burdened them. 7 You have said, “I will rule forever!” But you have not considered the consequences of your actions. You have not planned wisely or with God in mind. 8  Therefore, Listen! You are obsessed with entertainment.  You live recklessly as fools.  You say you are invincible, that your men are great men, your children have much to inherit. 9 But you have destroyed your future generations with abortion.  You have made a mockery of fatherhood and motherhood. You have trusted modern science and medicine and pharmaceuticals and not the healing Hand of God. 10  You thought that your secrets would remain hidden.  Your wisdom and knowledge has seduced you.  You think you are the greatest nation on Earth, that none can defeat you. 11 However, you shall be destroyed border to border and coast to coast. Sudden and complete destruction shall come upon you. Not one stone will be left on top of another. The bombs with your name on it lie waiting in the silos, ready to be launched. 12 Go ahead and deceive yourself with missile defense systems, treaties, and with pacts with your enemies. Trust in the almighty dollar.  Go forth, in fear, thinking you will win. 13  Listen to your Cabinet, your Czars, your advisors, the wise politicians.  Look at your poll numbers, the perceptions, what the media predicts will happen and convince yourself -  you are safe. 14 Yet someday, you will be destroyed by atomic fire.  The bombs in the silos will find their targets and blast great holes in the ground. There will not be a safe haven to which you can escape. 15 Those who once admired and feared you (and even your friends) will desert you. None will lift a finger to help you in your time of trouble.