1
Come
down,
and
sit
in
the
dust,
O
virgin
daughter
of
Babylon,
sit
on
the
ground:
[there
is]
no
throne,
O
daughter
of
the
Chaldeans:
for
thou
shalt
no
more
be
called
tender
and
delicate.
2
Take
the
millstones,
and
grind
meal:
uncover
thy
locks,
make
bare
the
leg,
uncover
the
thigh,
pass
over
the
rivers.
3
Thy
nakedness
shall
be
uncovered,
yea,
thy
shame
shall
be
seen:
I
will
take
vengeance,
and
I
will
not
meet
[thee
as]
a
man.
4
[As
for]
our
redeemer,
the
LORD
of
hosts
[is]
his
name,
the
Holy
One
of
Israel.
5
Sit
thou
silent,
and
get
thee
into
darkness,
O
daughter
of
the
Chaldeans:
for
thou
shalt
no
more
be
called,
The
lady
of
kingdoms.
6
I
was
wroth
with
my
people,
I
have
polluted
mine
inheritance,
and
given
them
into
thine
hand:
thou
didst
shew
them
no
mercy;
upon
the
ancient
hast
thou
very
heavily
laid
thy
yoke.
7
And
thou
saidst,
I
shall
be
a
lady
for
ever:
[so]
that
thou
didst
not
lay
these
[things]
to
thy
heart,
neither
didst
remember
the
latter
end
of
8
Therefore
hear
now
this,
[thou
that
art]
given
to
pleasures,
that
dwellest
carelessly,
that
sayest
in
thine
heart,
I
[am],
and
none
else
beside
me;
I
shall
not
sit
[as]
a
widow,
neither
shall
I
know
the
loss
of
children:
9
But
these
two
[things]
shall
come
to
thee
in
a
moment
in
one
day,
the
loss
of
children,
and
widowhood:
they
shall
come
upon
thee
in
their
perfection
for
the
multitude
of
thy
sorceries,
[and]
for
the
great
abundance
of
thine
enchantments.
10
For
thou
hast
trusted
in
thy
wickedness:
thou
hast
said,
None
seeth
me.
Thy
wisdom
and
thy
knowledge,
it
hath
perverted
thee;
and
thou
hast
said
in
thine
heart,
I
[am],
and
none
else
beside
11
Therefore
shall
evil
come
upon
thee;
thou
shalt
not
know
from
whence
it
riseth:
and
mischief
shall
fall
upon
thee;
thou
shalt
not
be
able
to
put
it
off:
and
desolation
shall
come
upon
thee
suddenly,
[which]
thou
shalt
not
know.
12
Stand
now
with
thine
enchantments,
and
with
the
multitude
of
thy
sorceries,
wherein
thou
hast
laboured
from
thy
youth;
if
so
be
thou
shalt
be
able
to
profit,
if
so
be
thou
mayest
prevail.
13
Thou
art
wearied
in
the
multitude
of
thy
counsels.
Let
now
the
astrologers,
the
stargazers,
the
monthly
prognosticators,
stand
up,
and
save
thee
from
[these
things]
that
shall
come
upon
thee.
14
Behold,
they
shall
be
as
stubble;
the
fire
shall
burn
them;
they
shall
not
deliver
themselves
from
the
power
of
the
flame:
[there
shall]
not
[be]
a
coal
to
warm
at,
[nor]
fire
to
sit
before
15
Thus
shall
they
be
unto
thee
with
whom
thou
hast
laboured,
[even]
thy
merchants,
from
thy
youth:
they
shall
wander
every
one
to
his
quarter;
none
shall
save
thee.