1 descende sede in pulverem virgo filia Babylon
sede in terra non est solium filiae Chaldeorum
quia ultra non vocaberis mollis et tenera
2 tolle molam et mole farinam
denuda turpitudinem tuam discoperi umerum
revela crus transi flumina
3 revelabitur ignominia tua et videbitur obprobrium tuum
ultionem capiam et non resistet mihi homo
4 redemptor noster Dominus exercituum
nomen illius Sanctus Israhel
5 sede tace et intra in tenebras filia Chaldeorum
quia non vocaberis ultra domina regnorum
6 iratus sum super populum meum
contaminavi hereditatem meam et dedi eos in manu tua
non posuisti eis misericordias
super senem adgravasti iugum tuum valde
7 et dixisti in sempiternum ero domina
non posuisti haec super cor tuum
neque recordata es novissimi tui
8 et nunc audi haec delicata et habitans confidenter
quae dicis in corde tuo ego sum et non est praeter me amplius
non sedebo vidua et ignorabo sterilitatem
9 venient tibi duo haec subito in die una sterilitas et viduitas
universa venerunt super te
propter multitudinem maleficiorum tuorum
et propter duritiam incantatorum tuorum vehementem
10 et fiduciam habuisti in malitia tua et dixisti non est qui videat me
sapientia tua et scientia tua haec decepit te
et dixisti in corde tuo ego sum et praeter me non est altera
11 veniet super te malum et nescies ortum eius
et inruet super te calamitas quam non poteris expiare
veniet super te repente miseria quam nescies
12 sta cum incantatoribus tuis et cum multitudine maleficiorum tuorum
in quibus laborasti ab adulescentia tua
si forte quid prosit tibi aut si possis fieri fortior
13 defecisti in multitudine consiliorum tuorum
stent et salvent te augures caeli
qui contemplabantur sidera et supputabant menses
ut ex eis adnuntiarent ventura tibi
14 ecce facti sunt quasi stipula ignis conbusit eos
non liberabunt animam suam de manu flammae
non sunt prunae quibus calefiant
nec focus ut sedeant ad eum
15 sic facta sunt tibi in quibuscumque laboraveras
negotiatores tui ab adulescentia tua
unusquisque in via sua erraverunt
non est qui salvet te
1 Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. 2 Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers. 3 Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man. 4 As for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel. 5 Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.
6 ¶ I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
7 ¶ And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it. 8 Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am , and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children: 9 But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments.
10 ¶ For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am , and none else beside me.
11 ¶ Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know. 12 Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail. 13 Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee. 14 Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it. 15 Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.