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1. Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
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1. Come down H3381 , and sit H3427 in H5921 the dust H6083 , O virgin H1330 daughter H1323 of Babylon H894 , sit H3427 on the ground H776 : there is no H369 throne H3678 , O daughter H1323 of the Chaldeans H3778 : for H3588 thou shalt no H3808 more H3254 be called H7121 tender H7390 and delicate H6028 .
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2. Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove thy veil, strip off the train, uncover the leg, pass through the rivers.
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2. Take H3947 the millstones H7347 , and grind H2912 meal H7058 : uncover H1540 thy locks H6777 , make bare H2834 the leg H7640 , uncover H1540 the thigh H7785 , pass over H5674 the rivers H5104 .
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3. Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and will spare no man.
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3. Thy nakedness H6172 shall be uncovered H1540 , yea H1571 , thy shame H2781 shall be seen H7200 : I will take H3947 vengeance H5359 , and I will not H3808 meet H6293 thee as a man H120 .
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4. Our Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
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4. As for our redeemer H1350 , the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 is his name H8034 , the Holy One H6918 of Israel H3478 .
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5. Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called The mistress of kingdoms.
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5. Sit H3427 thou silent H1748 , and get H935 thee into darkness H2822 , O daughter H1323 of the Chaldeans H3778 : for H3588 thou shalt no H3808 more H3254 be called H7121 , The lady H1404 of kingdoms H4467 .
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6. I was wroth with my people, I profaned mine inheritance, and gave them into thy hand: thou didst show them no mercy; upon the aged hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
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6. I was wroth H7107 with H5921 my people H5971 , I have polluted H2490 mine inheritance H5159 , and given H5414 them into thine hand H3027 : thou didst show H7760 them no H3808 mercy H7356 ; upon H5921 the ancient H2205 hast thou very H3966 heavily laid H3513 thy yoke H5923 .
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7. And thou saidst, I shall be mistress for ever; so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end thereof.
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7. And thou saidst H559 , I shall be H1961 a lady H1404 forever H5769 : so that H5704 thou didst not H3808 lay H7760 these H428 things to H5921 thy heart H3820 , neither H3808 didst remember H2142 the latter end H319 of it.
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8. Now therefore hear this, thou that art given to pleasures, that sittest securely, that sayest in thy heart, I am, and there is none else besides me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:
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8. Therefore hear H8085 now H6258 this H2063 , thou that art given to pleasures H5719 , that dwellest H3427 carelessly H983 , that sayest H559 in thine heart H3824 , I H589 am , and none else beside H657 H5750 me ; I shall not H3808 sit H3427 as a widow H490 , neither H3808 shall I know H3045 the loss of children H7908 :
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9. but these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood; in their full measure shall they come upon thee, in the multitude of thy sorceries, and the great abundance of thine enchantments.
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9. But these H428 two H8147 things shall come H935 to thee in a moment H7281 in one H259 day H3117 , the loss of children H7908 , and widowhood H489 : they shall come H935 upon H5921 thee in their perfection H8537 for the multitude H7230 of thy sorceries H3785 , and for the great H3966 abundance H6109 of thine enchantments H2267 .
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10. 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 thy heart, I am, and there is none else besides me.
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10. For thou hast trusted H982 in thy wickedness H7451 : thou hast said H559 , None H369 seeth H7200 me . Thy wisdom H2451 and thy knowledge H1847 , it H1931 hath perverted H7725 thee ; and thou hast said H559 in thine heart H3820 , I H589 am , and none else beside H657 H5750 me.
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11. Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know the dawning thereof: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it away: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou knowest not.
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11. Therefore shall evil H7451 come H935 upon H5921 thee ; thou shalt not H3808 know H3045 from whence it riseth H7837 : and mischief H1943 shall fall H5307 upon H5921 thee ; thou shalt not H3808 be able H3201 to put it off H3722 : and desolation H7722 shall come H935 upon H5921 thee suddenly H6597 , which thou shalt not H3808 know H3045 .
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12. Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast labored from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.
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12. Stand H5975 now H4994 with thine enchantments H2267 , and with the multitude H7230 of thy sorceries H3785 , wherein H834 thou hast labored H3021 from thy youth H4480 H5271 ; if so be H194 thou shalt be able H3201 to profit H3276 , if so be H194 thou mayest prevail H6206 .
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13. Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels: let now the astrologers, the star-gazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from the things that shall come upon thee.
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13. Thou art wearied H3811 in the multitude H7230 of thy counsels H6098 . Let now H4994 the astrologers H1895 H8064 , the stargazers H2372 H3556 , the monthly H2320 prognosticators H3045 , stand up H5975 , and save H3467 thee from these things that H4480 H834 shall come H935 upon H5921 thee.
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14. Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: it shall not be a coal to warm at, nor a fire to sit before.
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14. Behold H2009 , they shall be H1961 as stubble H7179 ; the fire H784 shall burn H8313 them ; they shall not H3808 deliver H5337 H853 themselves H5315 from the power H4480 H3027 of the flame H3852 : there shall not H369 be a coal H1513 to warm H2552 at, nor fire H217 to sit H3427 before H5048 it.
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15. Thus shall the things be unto thee wherein thou hast labored: they that have trafficked with thee from thy youth shall wander every one to his quarter; there shall be none to save thee.
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15. Thus H3651 shall they be H1961 unto thee with whom H834 thou hast labored H3021 , even thy merchants H5503 , from thy youth H4480 H5271 : they shall wander H8582 every one H376 to his quarter H5676 ; none H369 shall save H3467 thee.
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