Come down, and sitinthe dust, O virgindaughterof Babylon, siton the ground: there is nothrone, O daughterof the Chaldeans: forthou shalt nomorebe calledtenderand delicate. Takethe millstones, and grindmeal: uncoverthy locks, make barethe leg, uncoverthe thigh, pass overthe rivers. Thy nakednessshall be uncovered, yea, thy shameshall be seen: I will takevengeance, and I will notmeet thee as a man. As for our redeemer, the LORDof hosts is his name, the Holy Oneof Israel. Sitthou silent, and getthee into darkness, O daughterof the Chaldeans: forthou shalt nomorebe called, The ladyof kingdoms. I was wrothwithmy people, I have pollutedmine inheritance, and giventhem into thine hand: thou didst showthem nomercy; uponthe ancienthast thou veryheavily laidthy yoke. And thou saidst, I shall bea ladyforever: so thatthou didst notlaythese things tothy heart, neitherdidst rememberthe latter endof it. Therefore hearnowthis, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellestcarelessly, that sayestin thine heart, I am , and none else besideme; I shall notsit as a widow, neithershall I knowthe loss of children: But thesetwo things shall cometo thee in a momentin oneday, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall comeuponthee in their perfectionfor the multitudeof thy sorceries, and for the greatabundanceof thine enchantments. For thou hast trustedin thy wickedness: thou hast said, Noneseethme. Thy wisdomand thy knowledge, ithath pervertedthee; and thou hast saidin thine heart, I am , and none else besideme. Therefore shall evilcomeuponthee; thou shalt notknowfrom whence it riseth: and mischiefshall falluponthee; thou shalt notbe ableto put it off: and desolationshall comeuponthee suddenly, which thou shalt notknow. Standnowwith thine enchantments, and with the multitudeof thy sorceries, whereinthou hast laboredfrom thy youth; if so bethou shalt be ableto profit, if so bethou mayest prevail. Thou art weariedin the multitudeof thy counsels. Let nowthe astrologers, the stargazers, the monthlyprognosticators, stand up, and savethee from these things thatshall comeuponthee. Behold, they shall beas stubble; the fireshall burnthem; they shall notdeliverthemselvesfrom the powerof the flame: there shall not be a coalto warmat, nor fireto sitbeforeit. Thusshall they beunto thee with whomthou hast labored, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wanderevery oneto his quarter; noneshall savethee.