1
“Come down, virgin daughter of Babylon, and sit in the dust. For your days of sitting on a throne have ended. O daughter of Babylonia, never again will you be the lovely princess, tender and delicate.
2
Take heavy millstones and grind flour. Remove your veil, and strip off your robe. Expose yourself to public view.
3
You will be naked and burdened with shame. I will take vengeance against you without pity.”
4
Our Redeemer, whose name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, is the Holy One of Israel.
5
“O beautiful Babylon, sit now in darkness and silence. Never again will you be known as the queen of kingdoms.
Footnotes 1
[a].
Hebrew Bare your legs; pass through the rivers.