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 you shall no more be calledtender and delicate.
2. Take the millstones and grind flour, put off your veil,strip off your robe, uncover your legs,pass through the rivers.
3. Your nakedness shall be uncovered,and your disgrace shall be seen.I will take vengeance,and I will spare no one.
4. Our 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 shall no more be called the mistress of kingdoms.
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.