Young's Literal Translation YLT
New International Version NIV
1 Come down, and sit on the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, Sit on the earth, there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans, For no more do they cry to thee, `O tender and delicate one.'
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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 flour, Remove thy veil, draw up the skirt, Uncover the leg, pass over the floods.
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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 Revealed is thy nakedness, yea, seen is thy reproach, Vengeance I take, and I meet not a man.
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Your nakedness will be exposed and your shame uncovered. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.”
4 Our redeemer [is] Jehovah of Hosts, His name [is] the Holy One of Israel.
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Our Redeemer—the LORD Almighty is his name— is the Holy One of Israel.
5 Sit silent, and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans, For no more do they cry to thee, `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 have been wroth against My people, I have polluted Mine inheritance And I give them into thy hand, Thou hast not appointed for them mercies, On the aged thou hast made thy yoke very heavy,
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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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