THE FALL OF BABYLON

47 “Go down and sit in the dust,a

Virgin Daughter Babylon.b

Sit on the ground without a throne,

Daughter Chaldea!

For you will no longer be called pampered and spoiled.

2 Take millstones and grind flour;c

remove your veil,

strip off your skirt, bare your thigh,

wade through the streams.

3 Your nakedness will be uncovered,

and your disgrace will be exposed.d

I will take vengeance;

I will spare no one.”A

4 The Holy One of Israel is our Redeemer;e

The Lord of Armies is his name.

5 “Daughter Chaldea,

sit in silencef and go into darkness.

For you will no longer be called mistress of kingdoms.

6 I was angry with my people;

I profaned my possession,

and I handed them over to you.

You showed them no mercy;

you made your yoke very heavy on the elderly.

7 You said, ‘I will be the queen forever.’

You did not take these things to heart

or think about their outcome.

8 “So now hear this, lover of luxury,

who sits securely,g

who says to herself,

‘I am, and there is no one else.

I will never be a widow

or know the loss of children.’h