Bible in Basic English
"Take the crushing-stones and get the meal crushed: take off your veil, put away your robe, let your legs be uncovered, go through the rivers."
— Isaiah 47:2, Bible in Basic English
“Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.”
“Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove thy veil, strip off the train, uncover the leg, pass through the rivers. ”
“Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove your veil, strip off the train, uncover the leg, pass through the rivers.”
“Pick up millstones and grind flour! Remove your veil, strip off your skirt, expose your legs, cross the streams!”
Come and take your seat in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; come down from your seat of power, and take your place on the earth, O daughter of the Chaldaeans: for you will never again seem soft and delicate.
Take the crushing-stones and get the meal crushed: take off your veil, put away your robe, let your legs be uncovered, go through the rivers.
The shame of your unclothed condition will be seen by all: I will give punishment without mercy,
Says the Lord who takes up our cause; the Lord of armies is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
Be seated in the dark without a word, O daughter of the Chaldaeans: for you will no longer be named, The Queen of Kingdoms.