1. “Fall down! Sit in the dirt,O virgin daughter Babylon!Sit on the ground, not on a throne,O daughter of the Babylonians!Indeed, you will no longer be called delicate and pampered.
2. Pick up millstones and grind flour!Remove your veil,strip off your skirt,expose your legs,cross the streams!
3. Let your private parts be exposed!Your genitals will be on display!I will get revenge;I will not have pity on anyone,”
4. says our protector – the Lord who commands armies is his name,the Holy One of Israel.
5. “Sit silently! Go to a hiding place,O daughter of the Babylonians!Indeed, you will no longer be called ‘Queen of kingdoms.’
6. I was angry at my people;I defiled my special possessionand handed them over to you.You showed them no mercy;you even placed a very heavy burden on old people.
7. You said,‘I will rule forever as permanent queen!’You did not think about these things;you did not consider how it would turn out.
8. So now, listen to this,O one who lives so lavishly,who lives securely,who says to herself,‘I am unique! No one can compare to me!I will never have to live as a widow;I will never lose my children.’
9. Both of these will come upon yousuddenly, in one day!You will lose your children and be widowed.You will be overwhelmed by these tragedies,despite your many incantationsand your numerous amulets.
10. You were complacent in your evil deeds;you thought, ‘No one sees me.’Your self-professed wisdom and knowledge lead you astray,when you say, ‘I am unique! No one can compare to me!’
11. Disaster will overtake you;you will not know how to charm it away.Destruction will fall on you;you will not be able to appease it.Calamity will strike you suddenly,before you recognize it.