Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James Version
“Go
down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon .
Sit on the ground without
a
throne, O Daughter of Chaldea!
For you
will
no longer
be called tender or
delicate.
Come
down ,
and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon ,
sit on the ground :
there
is
no
throne, O daughter of the
Chaldeans:
for thou
shalt
no more
be called tender and
delicate.
Take millstones and grind flour;
remove
your
veil;
strip
off
your
skirt
, bare your
thigh, and
wade
through
the streams
.
Take the
millstones ,
and grind meal:
uncover
thy
locks
, make
bare the
leg,
uncover
the
thigh, pass
over
the rivers
.
Your
nakedness will
be uncovered and
your
shame will
be exposed.
I will take vengeance ;
I will spare
no
one
. ”
Thy
nakedness shall
be uncovered ,
yea,
thy
shame shall
be seen:
I will take vengeance ,
and
I will not
meet
thee
as
a
man
.
Our Redeemer —
the LORD of Hosts is His name —
is
the Holy One of Israel.
As
for
our redeemer ,
the LORD of hosts is his name ,
the Holy One of Israel.
“
Sit in
silence
and go
into darkness, O Daughter of Chaldea.
For you
will
no longer
be called the queen
of kingdoms.
Sit thou
silent,
and get
thee
into darkness, O daughter of the
Chaldeans:
for thou
shalt
no more
be called ,
The lady
of kingdoms.
I was angry
with My people ;
I profaned
My
heritage
, and I
placed
them under
your
control.
You
showed
them no mercy; even
on
the elderly
you
laid a
most
heavy
yoke.
I was wroth
with my people ,
I have
polluted
mine
inheritance
, and given
them into
thine
hand:
thou
didst
shew
them no mercy; upon
the ancient
hast
thou
very
heavily
laid thy
yoke.
You
said
, ‘
I will
be queen
forever.’
You
did
not take
these things to heart or
consider
their
outcome
.
And
thou
saidst
, I shall
be a
lady
for
ever:
so
that
thou
didst
not lay
these things to thy
heart ,
neither
didst
remember
the
latter
end
of
it
.
So
now
hear this, O
lover
of
luxury
who
sits
securely,
who
says
to herself
, ‘
I am, and there
is
none besides
me .
I will
never
be
a widow or
know the loss of children .’
Therefore
hear now
this, thou
that
art
given
to pleasures
, that
dwellest
carelessly,
that
sayest
in
thine
heart,
I am, and none else
beside
me ;
I shall
not
sit
as
a widow ,
neither
shall
I
know the loss of children :
These two things will
overtake
you
in a moment ,
in a
single
day :
loss of children, and widowhood .
They will
come upon you
in
full
measure,
in spite
of your
many
sorceries and the potency
of your
spells
.
But
these two things shall
come
to
thee
in a moment in one
day ,
the
loss of children, and widowhood :
they shall
come upon thee
in their
perfection
for
the
multitude
of thy
sorceries ,
and for
the great
abundance
of thine
enchantments
.
You
were
secure
in your
wickedness ;
you
said, ‘No
one
sees
me. ’
Your
wisdom and knowledge led
you
astray
; you
told
yourself
, ‘
I am, and there
is
none besides
me. ’
For
thou
hast
trusted
in thy
wickedness :
thou
hast
said, None
seeth
me. Thy
wisdom and thy
knowledge ,
it
hath
perverted
thee
; and
thou
hast
said
in
thine
heart
, I am, and none else
beside
me.
But
disaster
will
come upon you
; you
will
not know how
to
charm
it away.
A
calamity
will
befall
you
that
you
will
be unable
to ward
off .
Devastation
will
happen
to
you
suddenly
and unexpectedly
.
Therefore
shall
evil
come upon thee
; thou
shalt
not know from
whence
it riseth:
and
mischief
shall
fall
upon
thee;
thou
shalt
not
be able
to put
it
off :
and desolation
shall
come
upon
thee
suddenly,
which
thou
shalt
not
know
.
So
take
your
stand with your
spells
and with your
many
sorceries, with
which
you
have
wearied
yourself
from your
youth .
Perhaps
you
will
succeed
; perhaps
you
will
inspire
terror!
Stand now
with thine
enchantments,
and with the
multitude
of
thy
sorceries, wherein
thou
hast
laboured
from thy
youth; if
so
be
thou
shalt
be
able
to
profit,
if
so
be
thou
mayest
prevail.
You
are
wearied by
your
many
counselors;
let them
come
forward
now and
save
you—
your
astrologers who
observe
the stars
, who
monthly predict
your
fate
.
Thou
art
wearied in
the
multitude
of
thy
counsels.
Let now the
astrologers ,
the stargazers
, the
monthly prognosticators,
stand
up,
and
save
thee
from
these
things
that
shall
come
upon
thee
.
Surely
they are
like
stubble; the fire will
burn them up.
They cannot
deliver themselves from the power of the flame .
There will
be no
coals
to warm them
or
fire to sit beside
.
Behold,
they shall
be
as
stubble; the fire shall
burn them ;
they shall
not
deliver themselves from the power of the flame :
there shall
not
be a
coal
to warm at,
nor
fire to sit before
it
.
This
is
what
they are
to
you—
those
with whom you
have
labored
and
traded
from youth —
each
one strays
in
his own
direction
; not
one
of
them
can
save you
.
Thus
shall
they be
unto
thee
with whom thou
hast
laboured,
even
thy
merchants,
from thy
youth :
they
shall
wander
every
one to
his quarter
; none
shall
save thee
.
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