<vn='1'>Come <sn="3381">down</s>, and <sn="3427">sit</s><sn="5921">in</s> the <sn="6083">dust</s>, O <sn="1330">virgin</s><sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s>, <sn="3427">sit</s> on the <sn="776">ground</s>: there is <sn="369">no</s><sn="3678">throne</s>, O <sn="1323">daughter</s> of the <sn="3778">Chaldeans</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> thou shalt <sn="3808">no</s><sn="3254">more</s> be <sn="7121">called</s><sn="7390">tender</s> and <sn="6028">delicate</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="3947">Take</s> the <sn="7347">millstones</s>, and <sn="2912">grind</s><sn="7058">meal</s>: <sn="1540">uncover</s> thy <sn="6777">locks</s>, make <sn="2834">bare</s> the <sn="7640">leg</s>, <sn="1540">uncover</s> the <sn="7785">thigh</s>, pass <sn="5674">over</s> the <sn="5104">rivers</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>Thy <sn="6172">nakedness</s> shall be <sn="1540">uncovered</s>, <sn="1571">yea</s>, thy <sn="2781">shame</s> shall be <sn="7200">seen</s>: I will <sn="3947">take</s><sn="5359">vengeance</s>, and I will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6293">meet</s> thee as a <sn="120">man</s>. </v>
<vn='4'> As for our <sn="1350">redeemer</s>, the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s> is his <sn="8034">name</s>, the Holy <sn="6918">One</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="3427">Sit</s> thou <sn="1748">silent</s>, and <sn="935">get</s> thee into <sn="2822">darkness</s>, O <sn="1323">daughter</s> of the <sn="3778">Chaldeans</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> thou shalt <sn="3808">no</s><sn="3254">more</s> be <sn="7121">called</s>, The <sn="1404">lady</s> of <sn="4467">kingdoms</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>I was <sn="7107">wroth</s><sn="5921">with</s> my <sn="5971">people</s>, I have <sn="2490">polluted</s> mine <sn="5159">inheritance</s>, and <sn="5414">given</s> them into thine <sn="3027">hand</s>: thou didst <sn="7760">show</s> them <sn="3808">no</s><sn="7356">mercy</s>; <sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="2205">ancient</s> hast thou <sn="3966">very</s> heavily <sn="3513">laid</s> thy <sn="5923">yoke</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And thou <sn="559">saidst</s>, I shall <sn="1961">be</s> a <sn="1404">lady</s><sn="5769">forever</s>: so <sn="5704">that</s> thou didst <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7760">lay</s><sn="428">these</s> things <sn="5921">to</s> thy <sn="3820">heart</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> didst <sn="2142">remember</s> the latter <sn="319">end</s> of it. </v>
<vn='8'>Therefore <sn="8085">hear</s><sn="6258">now</s><sn="2063">this</s>, thou that art given to <sn="5719">pleasures</s>, that <sn="3427">dwellest</s><sn="983">carelessly</s>, that <sn="559">sayest</s> in thine <sn="3824">heart</s>, <sn="589">I</s> am, and none else <sn="657 5750">beside</s> me; I shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3427">sit</s> as a <sn="490">widow</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> shall I <sn="3045">know</s> the loss of <sn="7908">children</s>: </v>
<vn='9'>But <sn="428">these</s><sn="8147">two</s> things shall <sn="935">come</s> to thee in a <sn="7281">moment</s> in <sn="259">one</s><sn="3117">day</s>, the loss of <sn="7908">children</s>, and <sn="489">widowhood</s>: they shall <sn="935">come</s><sn="5921">upon</s> thee in their <sn="8537">perfection</s> for the <sn="7230">multitude</s> of thy <sn="3785">sorceries</s>, and for the <sn="3966">great</s><sn="6109">abundance</s> of thine <sn="2267">enchantments</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>For thou hast <sn="982">trusted</s> in thy <sn="7451">wickedness</s>: thou hast <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="369">None</s><sn="7200">seeth</s> me. Thy <sn="2451">wisdom</s> and thy <sn="1847">knowledge</s>, <sn="1931">it</s> hath <sn="7725">perverted</s> thee; and thou hast <sn="559">said</s> in thine <sn="3820">heart</s>, <sn="589">I</s> am, and none else <sn="657 5750">beside</s> me. </v>
<vn='11'>Therefore shall <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="935">come</s><sn="5921">upon</s> thee; thou shalt <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3045">know</s> from whence it <sn="7837">riseth</s>: and <sn="1943">mischief</s> shall <sn="5307">fall</s><sn="5921">upon</s> thee; thou shalt <sn="3808">not</s> be <sn="3201">able</s> to put it <sn="3722">off</s>: and <sn="7722">desolation</s> shall <sn="935">come</s><sn="5921">upon</s> thee <sn="6597">suddenly</s>, which thou shalt <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3045">know</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="5975">Stand</s><sn="4994">now</s> with thine <sn="2267">enchantments</s>, and with the <sn="7230">multitude</s> of thy <sn="3785">sorceries</s>, <sn="834">wherein</s> thou hast <sn="3021">labored</s> from thy <sn="4480 5271">youth</s>; if so <sn="194">be</s> thou shalt be <sn="3201">able</s> to <sn="3276">profit</s>, if so <sn="194">be</s> thou mayest <sn="6206">prevail</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>Thou art <sn="3811">wearied</s> in the <sn="7230">multitude</s> of thy <sn="6098">counsels</s>. Let <sn="4994">now</s> the <sn="1895 8064">astrologers</s>, the <sn="2372 3556">stargazers</s>, the <sn="2320">monthly</s><sn="3045">prognosticators</s>, stand <sn="5975">up</s>, and <sn="3467">save</s> thee from these things <sn="4480 834">that</s> shall <sn="935">come</s><sn="5921">upon</s> thee. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, they shall <sn="1961">be</s> as <sn="7179">stubble</s>; the <sn="784">fire</s> shall <sn="8313">burn</s> them; they shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5337">deliver</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="5315">themselves</s> from the <sn="4480 3027">power</s> of the <sn="3852">flame</s>: there shall <sn="369">not</s> be a <sn="1513">coal</s> to <sn="2552">warm</s> at, nor <sn="217">fire</s> to <sn="3427">sit</s><sn="5048">before</s> it. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="3651">Thus</s> shall they <sn="1961">be</s> unto thee with <sn="834">whom</s> thou hast <sn="3021">labored</s>, even thy <sn="5503">merchants</s>, from thy <sn="4480 5271">youth</s>: they shall <sn="8582">wander</s> every <sn="376">one</s> to his <sn="5676">quarter</s>; <sn="369">none</s> shall <sn="3467">save</s> thee. </v>