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 it.
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 me.
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 it.
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.