" aCome down
and sit
in the dust
, O bvirgin
cdaughter
of Babylon
; Sit
on the ground
without
a throne
, O daughter
of the Chaldeans
! For you shall no
longer
be called
dtender
and delicate
.
"Take the amillstones
and bgrind
meal
. Remove
your cveil
, dstrip
off
the skirt
, Uncover
the leg
, cross
the rivers
.
"Your anakedness will be uncovered
, Your shame
also
will be exposed
; I will btake
vengeance
and will not 1spare
a man
."
Our aRedeemer, the LORD
of hosts
is His name
, The Holy
One
of Israel
.
" aSit silently
, and go
into bdarkness
, O daughter
of the Chaldeans
, For you will no
longer
be called
The cqueen
of dkingdoms
.
"I was angry with My people
, I profaned
My heritage
And gave
them into your hand
. You did not show
mercy
to them, On the aaged
you made
your yoke
very
heavy
.
"Yet you said, `I will be a aqueen
forever
.' These
things
you did not bconsider
Nor
remember
the coutcome
of 1them.
"Now, then, hear
this
, you asensual
one
, Who bdwells
securely
, Who says
in 1your heart
, ` cI am, and there
is no
one
besides
me. I will dnot sit
as a widow
, Nor
know
loss
of children
.'
"But these atwo
things
will come
on you bsuddenly
in one
day
: Loss
of children
and widowhood
. They will come
on you in full
measure
In spite of your many
csorceries
, In spite of the great
power
of your spells
.
"You felt asecure
in your wickedness
and said
, ` bNo
one
sees
me,' Your cwisdom
and your knowledge
, 1they have deluded
you; For you have said
in your heart
, ` dI am, and there
is no
one
besides
me.'
"But aevil will come
on you Which you will not know
how to charm
away
; And disaster
will fall
on you For which you cannot
atone
; And bdestruction
about which you do not know
Will come
on you csuddenly
.
"Stand fast now
in your aspells
And in your many
sorceries
With which
you have labored
from your youth
; Perhaps
you will be able
to profit
, Perhaps
you may cause
trembling
.
"You are awearied with your many
counsels
; Let now
the bastrologers
, Those who prophesy
by the stars
, Those who predict
by the new
moons
, Stand
up and csave
you from what
will come
upon you.
"Behold, they have become
alike stubble
, bFire
burns
them; They cannot
deliver
themselves
from the power
of the flame
; There
will be cno
coal
to warm
by Nor a fire
to sit
before
!
"So have those become
to you with whom
you have labored
, Who have atrafficked
with you from your youth
; Each
has wandered
in his own 1way
; There
is bnone
to save
you.