1 The Lord says,“Babylon, come down from your throne,and sit in the dust on the ground.You were once like a virgin, a city unconquered,but you are soft and delicate no longer!You are now a slave!
2 Turn the millstone! Grind the flour!Off with your veil! Strip off your fine clothes!Lift up your skirts to cross the streams!
3 People will see you naked;they will see you humbled and shamed.I will take vengeance, and no one will stop me.”
4 The holy God of Israel sets us free —his name is the Lord Almighty.
5 The Lord says to Babylon,“Sit in silence and darkness;no more will they call you the queen of nations!