1Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon,
2Take the millstones, and grind meal:
3Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen:
4As for our redeemer, the Lord of hosts is his name,
5Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans:
6I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance,
7And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever:
8Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly,
9But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day,
10For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me.
11Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth:
12Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries,
13Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels.
14Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them;
15Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: