3 Your nakedness will be exposedand your shame uncovered.I will take vengeance;I will spare no one.’
4 Our Redeemer – the Lord Almighty is his name –is the Holy One of Israel.
5 ‘Sit in silence, go into darkness,queen city of the Babylonians;no more will you be calledqueen of kingdoms.
6 I was angry with my peopleand desecrated my inheritance;I gave them into your hand,and you showed them no mercy.Even on the agedyou laid a very heavy yoke.
7 You said, “I am for ever –the eternal queen!”But you did not consider these thingsor reflect on what might happen.
8 ‘Now then, listen, you lover of pleasure,lounging in your securityand saying to yourself,“I am, and there is none besides me.I will never be a widowor suffer the loss of children.”
9 Both of these will overtake youin a moment, on a single day:loss of children and widowhood.They will come upon you in full measure,in spite of your many sorceriesand all your potent spells.