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Take the millstones and grind meal.
Remove your veil,
Take off the skirt,
Uncover the thigh,
Pass through the rivers.
Remove your veil,
Take off the skirt,
Uncover the thigh,
Pass through the rivers.
You will be naked and burdened with shame.
I will take vengeance against you without pity.”
I will take vengeance against you without pity.”
Your nakedness shall be uncovered,
Yes, your shame will be seen;
I will take vengeance,
And I will not arbitrate with a man.”
Yes, your shame will be seen;
I will take vengeance,
And I will not arbitrate with a man.”
Our Redeemer, whose name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,
is the Holy One of Israel.
is the Holy One of Israel.
As for our Redeemer, the Lord of hosts is His name,
The Holy One of Israel.
The Holy One of Israel.
“O beautiful Babylon, sit now in darkness and silence.
Never again will you be known as the queen of kingdoms.
Never again will you be known as the queen of kingdoms.
“Sit in silence, and go into darkness,
O daughter of the Chaldeans;
For you shall no longer be called
The Lady of Kingdoms.
O daughter of the Chaldeans;
For you shall no longer be called
The Lady of Kingdoms.
For I was angry with my chosen people
and punished them by letting them fall into your hands.
But you, Babylon, showed them no mercy.
You oppressed even the elderly.
and punished them by letting them fall into your hands.
But you, Babylon, showed them no mercy.
You oppressed even the elderly.
I was angry with My people;
I have profaned My inheritance,
And given them into your hand.
You showed them no mercy;
On the elderly you laid your yoke very heavily.
I have profaned My inheritance,
And given them into your hand.
You showed them no mercy;
On the elderly you laid your yoke very heavily.
You said, ‘I will reign forever as queen of the world!’
You did not reflect on your actions
or think about their consequences.
You did not reflect on your actions
or think about their consequences.
And you said, ‘I shall be a lady forever,’
So that you did not take these things to heart,
Nor remember the latter end of them.
So that you did not take these things to heart,
Nor remember the latter end of them.
“Listen to this, you pleasure-loving kingdom,
living at ease and feeling secure.
You say, ‘I am the only one, and there is no other.
I will never be a widow or lose my children.’
living at ease and feeling secure.
You say, ‘I am the only one, and there is no other.
I will never be a widow or lose my children.’
“Therefore hear this now, you who are given to pleasures,
Who dwell securely,
Who say in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one else besides me;
I shall not sit as a widow,
Nor shall I know the loss of children’;
Who dwell securely,
Who say in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one else besides me;
I shall not sit as a widow,
Nor shall I know the loss of children’;
Well, both these things will come upon you in a moment:
widowhood and the loss of your children.
Yes, these calamities will come upon you,
despite all your witchcraft and magic.
widowhood and the loss of your children.
Yes, these calamities will come upon you,
despite all your witchcraft and magic.
But these two things shall come to you
In a moment, in one day:
The loss of children, and widowhood.
They shall come upon you in their fullness
Because of the multitude of your sorceries,
For the great abundance of your enchantments.
In a moment, in one day:
The loss of children, and widowhood.
They shall come upon you in their fullness
Because of the multitude of your sorceries,
For the great abundance of your enchantments.
“You felt secure in your wickedness.
‘No one sees me,’ you said.
But your ‘wisdom’ and ‘knowledge’ have led you astray,
and you said, ‘I am the only one, and there is no other.’
‘No one sees me,’ you said.
But your ‘wisdom’ and ‘knowledge’ have led you astray,
and you said, ‘I am the only one, and there is no other.’
So disaster will overtake you,
and you won’t be able to charm it away.
Calamity will fall upon you,
and you won’t be able to buy your way out.
A catastrophe will strike you suddenly,
one for which you are not prepared.
and you won’t be able to charm it away.
Calamity will fall upon you,
and you won’t be able to buy your way out.
A catastrophe will strike you suddenly,
one for which you are not prepared.
“Now use your magical charms!
Use the spells you have worked at all these years!
Maybe they will do you some good.
Maybe they can make someone afraid of you.
Use the spells you have worked at all these years!
Maybe they will do you some good.
Maybe they can make someone afraid of you.
“Stand now with your enchantments
And the multitude of your sorceries,
In which you have labored from your youth —
Perhaps you will be able to profit,
Perhaps you will prevail.
And the multitude of your sorceries,
In which you have labored from your youth —
Perhaps you will be able to profit,
Perhaps you will prevail.
All the advice you receive has made you tired.
Where are all your astrologers,
those stargazers who make predictions each month?
Let them stand up and save you from what the future holds.
Where are all your astrologers,
those stargazers who make predictions each month?
Let them stand up and save you from what the future holds.
But they are like straw burning in a fire;
they cannot save themselves from the flame.
You will get no help from them at all;
their hearth is no place to sit for warmth.
they cannot save themselves from the flame.
You will get no help from them at all;
their hearth is no place to sit for warmth.
Behold, they shall be as stubble,
The fire shall burn them;
They shall not deliver themselves
From the power of the flame;
It shall not be a coal to be warmed by,
Nor a fire to sit before!
The fire shall burn them;
They shall not deliver themselves
From the power of the flame;
It shall not be a coal to be warmed by,
Nor a fire to sit before!