1. “Fall down and sit in the dirt, Virgin Daughter Babylon. You have no throne, so sit on the ground, daughter of the Chaldeans. You are not the ruler now. You are no longer the beautiful young princess that people said you were.
2. Get the millstones ready and grind the grain into flour. Take off your veil and fancy clothes. Lift your skirt and get ready to cross the rivers.
3. Men will see your naked body and use you for sex. I will make you pay for the bad things you did, and I will not let anyone help you.
4. “My people say, ‘God saves us. His name is the Lord All-Powerful, the Holy One of Israel.’”
5. “So Babylon, sit down and shut up. Daughter of the Chaldeans, go into the dark prison. You will no longer be ‘The Queen of the Kingdoms.’