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Sit you silent, and get you into darkness, daughter of the Chaldeans; for you shall no more be called The mistress of kingdoms.
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The Posture of Defeat
Commentators explain that being told to "sit silent" and "get into darkness" was a command for Babylon to assume the posture of a deep mourner. In ancient cultures, silence and darkness were universal signs of intense grief, shame, and affliction. This imagery paints a vivid picture of Babylon's complete and humiliating reversal from a loud, proud empire to a disgraced and sorrowful captive.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Sit thou silent - The same general sentiment is expressed here as in the preceding verses, though the figure is changed. In ([Reference Isai…
16th Century
Protestant
Sit silent. He continues the same subject and shows that the end of the Babylonian monarchy is near. As this appeared to be incredible, he…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Sit thou silent
Here the speech is directed again to Babylon, which used to be a place of noise and hurry, as well…
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Babylon is represented under the emblem of a female in deep distress. She was to be degraded and endure sufferings; and is represented sitting on t…
13th Century
Catholic
Come down, and sit in the dust. Here the prophet foretells the degradation of the kingdom of Babylon. In this regard, he does th…
