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1 Come down and sit in the dust, 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.
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1 "Go down, sit in the dust, Virgin Daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, Daughter of the Babylonians. No more will you be called tender or delicate.
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2 Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove thy veil, lift up the train, uncover the leg, pass over rivers:
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2 Take millstones and grind flour; take off your veil. Lift up your skirts, bare your legs, and wade through the streams.
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3 thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen. I will take vengeance, and I will meet none [to stay me]. ...
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3 Your nakedness will be exposed and your shame uncovered. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one."
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4 Our Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel. ...
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4 Our Redeemer--the LORD Almighty is his name-- is the Holy One of Israel.
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5 Sit silent, and get thee into darkness, daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called, Mistress of kingdoms.
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5 "Sit in silence, go into darkness, Daughter of the Babylonians; no more will you be called queen of kingdoms.
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6 I was wroth with my people, I polluted mine inheritance, and gave them into thy hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the aged didst thou very heavily lay thy yoke;
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6 I was angry with my people and desecrated my inheritance; I gave them into your hand, and you showed them no mercy. Even on the aged you laid a very heavy yoke.
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