Isaiah 47:2

Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.

Cross-reference

Isaiah 20:4 Parallel

In Isaiah 20:4, Assyria leads captives naked and barefoot to Egypt's shame — this forced exposure directly parallels Babylon's bare leg and stripped skirt.

Isaiah 3:17 Parallel

In Isaiah 3:17, the Lord humiliates the daughters of Zion by making their heads bare — similar stripping imagery applied to proud women.

In Judges 16:21, Samson is forced to grind at the mill after capture — a vivid parallel of a once-mighty figure reduced to slave labor.

In Jeremiah 13:22, Jerusalem's skirts are lifted up for her shame — the same exposure imagery of lifted skirts applied to Judah.

In Jeremiah 13:26, God pulls up skirts to expose shame — identical imagery of divine judgment through public humiliation.

In Lamentations 5:13, young men are forced to grind at the mill during siege — this echoes Babylon's grinding as a mark of conquest.

Ezekiel 16:37-39 strips Jerusalem naked as punishment — same metaphor of exposing shame as judgment for unfaithfulness.

Hosea 2:3 Parallel

Hosea 2:3 threatens to strip Israel naked like a newborn — parallel use of nakedness as shameful judgment.

Nahum 3:5 Parallel

Nahum 3:5 lifts skirts over Nineveh's face to show nakedness — nearly identical language of divine humiliation.

Exodus 11:5 Historical context

In Exodus 11:5, the maidservant grinding at the mill is the lowest slave — Babylon's grinding here marks her reduction to that same humiliated state.

Job 31:10 Parallel

In Job 31:10, grinding for another is a curse of sexual disgrace — Babylon's grinding similarly signifies shame and exploitation.