Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB
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1 "Go down and sit in the dust, Virgin Daughter Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, Daughter Chaldea! For you will no longer be called pampered and spoiled.
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“Go down, sit in the dust, Virgin Daughter Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, queen city of the Babylonians.No more will you be called tender or delicate.
2 Take millstones and grind meal; remove your veil, strip off [your] skirt, bare your thigh, wade through the streams.
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Take millstones and grind flour; take off your veil. Lift up your skirts, bare your legs, and wade through the streams.
3 Your nakedness will be uncovered, and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.
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Your nakedness will be exposed and your shame uncovered. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.”
4 The Holy One of Israel is our Redeemer; the Lord of Hosts is His name.
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Our Redeemer—the LORD Almighty is his name— is the Holy One of Israel.
5 "Daughter Chaldea, sit in silence and go into darkness. For you will no longer be called mistress of kingdoms.
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“Sit in silence, go into darkness, queen city of the Babylonians; no more will you be called queen of kingdoms.
6 I was angry with My people; I profaned My possession, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; you made your yoke very heavy on the elderly.
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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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