Lament for Babylon
“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.
2 Take the amillstones and bgrind flour.
Uncover your cveil, dstrip off the skirt,
Uncover the leg, cross the rivers.
3 Your anakedness will be uncovered;
Your reproach also will be seen;
I will btake vengeance and will not spare a man.”
4 Our aRedeemer, Yahweh of hosts is His name,
The Holy One of Israel.
5 “aSit silently, and go into bdarkness,
O daughter of the Chaldeans,
For you will no longer be called
The cqueen of dkingdoms.
6 I was furious with My people;
I profaned My inheritance
And gave them into your hand.
You did not show compassion to them,
On the aaged you made your yoke very heavy.
7 Yet you said, ‘I will be a aqueen forever.’
These things you did not bput on your heart
Nor remember the coutcome of them.
8 “So now, hear this, you asensual one,
Who bsits securely,
Who says in your heart,
‘cI am, and there is no one besides me.
I will dnot sit as a widow,
Nor know loss of children.’