Come down, <H3381> and sit <H3427> in the dust, <H6083> O virgin <H1330> daughter <H1323> of Babylon, <H0894> sit <H3427> on the ground: <H0776> [there is] no throne, <H3678> O daughter <H1323> of the Chaldeans: <H3778> for thou shalt no more <H3254> be called <H7121> tender <H7390> and delicate. <H6028>
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Take <H3947> the millstones, <H7347> and grind <H2912> meal: <H7058> uncover <H1540> thy locks, <H6777> make bare <H2834> the leg, <H7640> uncover <H1540> the thigh, <H7785> pass <H5674> over the rivers. <H5104>
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Thy nakedness <H6172> shall be uncovered, <H1540> yea, thy shame <H2781> shall be seen: <H7200> I will take <H3947> vengeance, <H5359> and I will not meet <H6293> [thee as] a man. <H0120>
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[As for] our redeemer, <H1350> the LORD <H3068> of hosts <H6635> [is] his name, <H8034> the Holy One <H6918> of Israel. <H3478>
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Sit <H3427> thou silent, <H1748> and get <H0935> thee into darkness, <H2822> O daughter <H1323> of the Chaldeans: <H3778> for thou shalt no more <H3254> be called, <H7121> The lady <H1404> of kingdoms. <H4467>
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I was wroth <H7107> with my people, <H5971> I have polluted <H2490> mine inheritance, <H5159> and given <H5414> them into thine hand: <H3027> thou didst shew <H7760> them no mercy; <H7356> upon the ancient <H2205> hast thou very <H3966> heavily laid <H3513> thy yoke. <H5923>
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And thou saidst, <H0559> I shall be a lady <H1404> for ever: <H5769> [so] that thou didst not lay <H7760> these [things] to thy heart, <H3820> neither didst remember <H2142> the latter end of it. <H0319>
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Therefore hear <H8085> now this, [thou that art] given to pleasures, <H5719> that dwellest <H3427> carelessly, <H0983> that sayest <H0559> in thine heart, <H3824> I [am], and none <H0657> else beside me; <H5750> I shall not sit <H3427> [as] a widow, <H0490> neither shall I know <H3045> the loss of children: <H7908>
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But these two <H8147> [things] shall come <H0935> to thee in a moment <H7281> in one <H0259> day, <H3117> the loss of children, <H7908> and widowhood: <H0489> they shall come <H0935> upon thee in their perfection <H8537> for the multitude <H7230> of thy sorceries, <H3785> [and] for the great <H3966> abundance <H6109> of thine enchantments. <H2267>
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For thou hast trusted <H0982> in thy wickedness: <H7451> thou hast said, <H0559> None seeth <H7200> me. Thy wisdom <H2451> and thy knowledge, <H1847> it hath perverted <H7725> thee; and thou hast said <H0559> in thine heart, <H3820> I [am], and none <H0657> else beside me. <H5750>
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Therefore shall evil <H7451> come <H0935> upon thee; thou shalt not know <H3045> from whence it riseth: <H7837> and mischief <H1943> shall fall <H5307> upon thee; thou shalt not be able <H3201> to put it off: <H3722> and desolation <H7722> shall come <H0935> upon thee suddenly, <H6597> [which] thou shalt not know. <H3045>
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Stand <H5975> now with thine enchantments, <H2267> and with the multitude <H7230> of thy sorceries, <H3785> wherein <H0834> thou hast laboured <H3021> from thy youth; <H5271> if so be thou shalt be able <H3201> to profit, <H3276> if so be thou mayest prevail. <H6206>
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Thou art wearied <H3811> in the multitude <H7230> of thy counsels. <H6098> Let now the astrologers, <H1895> <H8064> the stargazers, <H2374> <H3556> the monthly <H2320> prognosticators, <H3045> stand up, <H5975> and save <H3467> thee from [these things] that shall come <H0935> upon thee.
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Behold, they shall be as stubble; <H7179> the fire <H0784> shall burn <H8313> them; they shall not deliver <H5337> themselves <H5315> from the power <H3027> of the flame: <H3852> [there shall] not [be] a coal <H1513> to warm <H2552> at, [nor] fire <H0217> to sit <H3427> before it.
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Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, <H3021> [even] thy merchants, <H5503> from thy youth: <H5271> they shall wander <H8582> every one <H0376> to his quarter; <H5676> none shall save <H3467> thee.