1 Come down and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of the Chaldeans. For you will no more be called tender and delicate.
2 Take the millstones and grind flour. Remove your veil, strip off the skirt, uncover the leg, cross the rivers.
3 Your nakedness will be uncovered, and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance, and will spare no one.
4 Our Redeemer, Adonai-Tzva’ot is His Name, is the Holy One of Israel.
5 Sit in silence, go into darkness, daughter of the Chaldeans. For you will no more be called the mistress-queen of kingdoms.
6 I was angry with My people. I profaned My heritage. I gave them into your hand, but you showed them no mercy. You made your yoke very heavy on the aged.
7 You said, “Forever, I will be the eternal mistress-queen!” You did not lay these things to heart or remember their end.