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47 : 1 Come down and sit in the dust,O virgindaughter of Babylon;sit on the ground without a throne,O daughter ofthe Chaldeans!For you shall no more be calledtender and delicate.
47 : 2 Take the millstones andgrind flour,put off your veil,strip off your robe, uncover your legs,pass through the rivers.
47 : 3 Your nakedness shall be uncovered,and your disgrace shall be seen.I will take vengeance,and I will spare no one.
47 : 4 Our Redeemer&emdash;theLordof hosts is his name&emdash;is the Holy One of Israel.
47 : 5 Sit in silence, and go into darkness,O daughter ofthe Chaldeans;for you shall no more be calledthe mistress of kingdoms.
47 : 6 I was angry with my people;I profaned my heritage;I gave them into your hand;you showed them no mercy;on the aged you made your yoke exceedingly heavy.
47 : 7 You said,I shall bemistress forever,so that you did not lay these things to heartor remember their end.
47 : 8 Now therefore hear this,you lover of pleasures,who sit securely,who say in your heart,I am, and there is no one besides me;I shall not sit as a widowor know the loss of children:
47 : 9 These two things shall come to youin a moment,in one day;the loss of children and widowhoodshall come upon you in full measure,in spite of your many sorceriesand the great power of your enchantments.
47 : 10 You felt secure in your wickedness,you said,No one sees me;your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray,and you said in your heart,I am, and there is no one besides me.
47 : 11 But evil shall come upon you,which you will not know how to charm away;disaster shall fall upon you,for which you will not be able to atone;and ruin shall come upon you suddenly,of which you know nothing.
47 : 12 Stand fast in your enchantmentsand your many sorceries,with which you have labored from your youth;perhaps you may be able to succeed;perhaps you may inspire terror.
47 : 13 You are wearied with your many counsels;let them stand forth and save you,those who divide the heavens,who gaze at the stars,who at the new moons make knownwhat shall come upon you.
47 : 14 Behold,they are like stubble;the fire consumes them;they cannot deliver themselvesfrom the power of the flame.No coal for warming oneself is this,no fire to sit before!
47 : 15 Such to you are those with whom you have labored,who have done business with you from your youth;they wander about, each in his own direction;there is no one to save you.