1“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.
2Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams.
3Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.”
4Our Redeemer—the LORD of Hosts is His name—is the Holy One of Israel.
5“Sit in silence and go into darkness, O Daughter of the Chaldeans. For you will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms.
6I was angry with My people; I profaned My heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke.
7You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome.