Dual Panel1“Fall down <03381>! Sit <03427> in <05921> the dirt <06083>, O virgin <01330> daughter <01323> Babylon <0894>! Sit <03427> on the ground <0776>, not <0369> on a throne <03678>, O daughter <01323> of the Babylonians <03778>! Indeed <03588>, you will no <03808> longer <03254> be called <07121> delicate <06028> and pampered <07390>.
2Pick up <03947> millstones <07347> and grind <02912> flour <07058>! Remove <01540> your veil <06777>, strip off <02834> your skirt <07640>, expose <01540> your legs <07785>, cross <05674> the streams <05104>!
3Let your private parts <06172> be exposed <01540>! Your genitals <02781> will be on display <07200>! I will get <03947> revenge <05359>; I will not <03808> have pity <06293> on anyone <0120>,”
4says our protector <01350>– the Lord <03068> who commands armies <06635> is his name <08034>, the Holy One <06918> of Israel <03478>.
5“Sit <03427> silently <01748>! Go <0935> to a hiding place <02822>, O daughter <01323> of the Babylonians <03778>! Indeed <03588>, you will no <03808> longer <03254> be called <07121> ‘Queen <01404> of kingdoms <04467>.’
6I was angry <07107> at <05921> my people <05971>; I defiled <02490> my special possession <05159> and handed <03027> <05414> them over <03027> <05414> to you. You showed <07760> them <01992> no <03808> mercy <07356>; you even placed <03513> a very <03966> heavy <03513> burden <05923> on <05921> old people <02205>.
7You said <0559>, ‘I will rule <01961> forever <05704> <05769> as permanent queen <01404>!’ You did not <03808> think <07760> about these things <0428>; you did not <03808> consider <02142> <03820> how it would turn out <0319>.
8So now <06258>, listen <08085> to this <02063>, O one who lives so lavishly <05719>, who lives <03427> securely <0983>, who says <0559> to herself <03824>, ‘I <0589> am unique! No <0657> one can compare to me! I will never <03808> have to live <03427> as a widow <0490>; I will never <03808> lose my children <07908>.’
9Both <08147> of these <0428> will come <0935> upon you suddenly <07281>, in one <0259> day <03117>! You will lose your children <07908> and be widowed <0489>. You will be overwhelmed <0935> by <05921> these tragedies <08537>, despite your many <07230> incantations <03785> and your numerous <06109> amulets <02267>.
10You were complacent <0982> in your evil <07451> deeds; you thought <0559>, ‘No one <0369> sees <07200> me.’ Your self-professed wisdom <02451> and knowledge <01847> lead <07725> you <01931> astray <07725>, when you say <0559>, ‘I <0589> am unique! No one <0657> can compare <05750> to me!’
11Disaster <07451> will overtake <0935> you; you will not <03808> know <03045> how to charm <07837> it away. Destruction <01943> will fall <05307> on <05921> you; you will not <03808> be able <03201> to appease <03722> it. Calamity <07722> will strike <0935> you suddenly <06597>, before you recognize <03045> it.
12Persist <05975> in trusting your amulets <02267> and your many <07230> incantations <03785>, which <0834> you have faithfully recited <03021> since your youth <05271>! Maybe <0194> you will be successful <03276> <03201>– maybe <0194> you will scare away <06206> disaster.
13You are tired out <03811> from listening to so much <07230> advice <06098>. Let them take <05975> their stand <05975>– the ones who see omens <01895> in the sky <08064>, who gaze <02374> at the stars <03556>, who make <03045> monthly <02320> predictions <03045>– let them rescue <03467> you from the disaster that <0834> is about to overtake <05921> <0935> you!
14Look <02009>, they are <01961> like straw <07179>, which the fire <0784> burns up <08313>; they cannot <03808> rescue <05337> themselves <05315> from the heat <03027> of the flames <03852>. There are no <0369> coals <01513> to warm <02552> them, no firelight <0217> to enjoy <03427>.
15They will disappoint you, those you have so faithfully dealt <05503> with since your youth <05271>. Each <0376> strays off <08582> in his own direction <05676>, leaving no one <0369> to rescue <03467> you.”