1. “Come down and sit in the dust,O virgin daughter of Babylon;Sit on the ground without a throne,O daughter of the Chaldeans!For you shall no more be calledTender and delicate.
2. Take the millstones and grind meal.Remove your veil,Take off the skirt,Uncover the thigh,Pass through the rivers.
3. Your nakedness shall be uncovered,Yes, your shame will be seen;I will take vengeance,And I will not arbitrate with a man.”
4. As for our Redeemer, the Lord of hosts is His name,The Holy One of Israel.
5. “Sit in silence, and go into darkness,O daughter of the Chaldeans;For you shall no longer be calledThe Lady of Kingdoms.
6. I was angry with My people;I have profaned My inheritance,And given them into your hand.You showed them no mercy;On the elderly you laid your yoke very heavily.
7. And you said, ‘I shall be a lady forever,’So that you did not take these things to heart,Nor remember the latter end of them.
8. “Therefore hear this now, you who are given to pleasures,Who dwell securely,Who say in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one else besides me;I shall not sit as a widow,Nor shall I know the loss of children’;
9. But these two things shall come to youIn a moment, in one day:The loss of children, and widowhood.They shall come upon you in their fullnessBecause of the multitude of your sorceries,For the great abundance of your enchantments.