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"Go down, sit in the dust, Virgin Daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, Daughter of the Babylonians. No more will you be called tender or delicate.

Take millstones and grind flour; take off your veil. Lift up your skirts, bare your legs, and wade through the streams.

Your nakedness will be exposed and your shame uncovered. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one."

Our Redeemer-the LORD Almighty is his name- is the Holy One of Israel.

"Sit in silence, go into darkness, Daughter of the Babylonians; no more will you be called queen of kingdoms.

I was angry with my people and desecrated my inheritance; I gave them into your hand, and you showed them no mercy. Even on the aged you laid a very heavy yoke.

You said, 'I will continue forever- the eternal queen!' But you did not consider these things or reflect on what might happen.