Verse
KJV
King James Version
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
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.
Come down, and sit on
the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, Sit on the earth,
there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans ,
For no more do
they
cry
to
thee,
`O
tender and delicate one
. '
Take the
millstones, and grind meal:
uncover
thy locks
, make
bare
the leg
, uncover the thigh
, pass over the rivers
.
Take millstones, and grind flour,
Remove
thy veil
, draw
up
the skirt
, Uncover the leg
, pass over the floods
.
Thy nakedness shall
be
uncovered
, yea, thy
shame
shall
be
seen :
I will
take vengeance
, and I will
not
meet thee
as
a man.
Revealed
is
thy nakedness, yea, seen is
thy
reproach,
Vengeance
I take, and I meet not
a man.
As
for
our redeemer ,
the
LORD
of hosts is
his name ,
the Holy One of Israel.
Our redeemer `is'
Jehovah
of Hosts ,
His name `is'
the Holy One of Israel.
Sit thou
silent, and get
thee
into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans :
for thou
shalt
no more be
called
, The
lady
of kingdoms.
Sit silent, and go
into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans ,
For no more do
they
cry
to
thee
, `Mistress
of kingdoms. '
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 .
I have
been
wroth against
My people, I have polluted Mine inheritance And I
give
them into thy
hand ,
Thou hast
not
appointed
for
them mercies,
On
the aged
thou hast
made
thy yoke very
heavy,
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.
And thou sayest
, `To
the
age
I am
mistress,'
While
thou hast
not laid
these things to thy heart, Thou
hast
not
remembered
the latter end of it.
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:
And
now, hear
this
, O
luxurious
one
, Who
is
sitting
confidently
--
Who
is
saying
in her
heart, `
I `
am '
, and none else ,
I sit not
a widow, nor
know bereavement.'
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
.
And
come in
to thee do
these
two
things,
In a moment ,
in one day, childlessness
and widowhood ,
According
to
their
perfection
they have
come upon thee ,
In the multitude of thy sorceries, In
the exceeding
might
of thy
charms
.
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
.
And
thou art
confident
in thy wickedness ,
Thou hast said, `There
is
none seeing
me ,'
Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, It is
turning
thee back,
And thou sayest
in thy
heart, `
I `
am '
, and none else. '
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
.
And
come in
on
thee hath
evil,
Thou knowest
not its
rising,
And fall on
thee doth
mischief,
Thou art
not able to pacify
it ,
And come on
thee suddenly doth
desolation
, Thou knowest
not.
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.
Stand, I
pray
thee,
in
thy
charms,
And in
the multitude of thy sorceries, In
which
thou hast laboured from thy youth ,
It
may
be thou art
able to profit, It
may
be thou dost
terrify!
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 .
Thou hast
been
wearied in the multitude of thy counsels, Stand up, I
pray
thee,
and save thee ,
Let
the
charmers
of
the
heavens,
Those
looking
on
the
stars,
Those
teaching
concerning
the
months,
From those
things that come on
thee !
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.
Lo
, they have
been
as stubble !
Fire hath
burned
them ,
They deliver not
themselves from the power of the flame ,
There is
not a coal to warm them
, a
light
to sit before it.
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.
So
have
they been
to
thee with whom thou hast laboured, Thy merchants from thy youth ,
Each
to his passage
they
have
wandered,
Thy
saviour
is
not!
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