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.