aCome down, and sit in the dust, O virgin bdaughter of Babylon,

cSit on the ground: dthere is no throne,

eO daughter of the Chaldeans:

For thou shalt no more be called ftender and delicate.

2  gTake the millstones, and hgrind meal:

Uncover thy ilocks, make bare the leg,

kUncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.

3  kThy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen:

lI will take vengeance, and I will not mmeet thee as a man.

4  As for noour redeemer, the Lord of hosts is his name,

nThe Holy One of Israel.

5  Sit thou psilent, and get thee into pdarkness, eO daughter of the Chaldeans:

qFor thou shalt no more be called, rThe lady of kingdoms.

6  sI was wroth with tmy people, uI have polluted tmine inheritance,

And given them into thine hand:

Thou didst shew them no mercy;

vUpon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.

7  And wthou saidst, I shall be ra lady for ever:

So that thou didst not xlay these things to thy heart,

Neither didst remember ythe latter end of it.

8  Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, zthat dwellest carelessly,

zaThat sayest in thine heart, bI am, and none else beside me;

cI shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know dthe loss of children:

9  But ethese two things shall come to thee fin a moment gin one day,

dThe loss of children, and widowhood:

They shall come upon thee in their perfection

hFor the multitude of thy isorceries, and for the great abundance of hthine ienchantments.

10  For thou khast trusted in thy wickedness: lthou hast said, None seeth me.

mThy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath ||perverted thee;

And athou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.