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\c 47
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\q1
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\v 1 Come down and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon;
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\q1 sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of the Chaldeans.
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\q1 You will no longer be called dainty and delicate.
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\v 2 Take the millstone and grind flour; remove your veil,
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\q1 strip off your flowing robe, uncover your legs, cross the streams.
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\v 3 Your nakedness will be uncovered, yes, your shame will be seen:
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\q1 I will take vengeance and will not spare a man.
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\v 4 Our Redeemer, Yahweh of hosts is his name,
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the Holy One of Israel.
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\v 5 Sit in silence and go into darkness, daughter of the Chaldeans;
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\q1 for you will no longer be called queen of kingdoms.
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\v 6 I was angry with my people; I defiled my heritage
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\q1 and gave them over into your hand, but you showed them no mercy;
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\q1 you placed a very heavy yoke on the old people.
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\v 7 You said, "I will rule forever as sovereign queen."
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\q1 You did not take these things to heart, nor did you consider how they would turn out.
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\v 8 So now hear this, you who love pleasure and sit securely;
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\q1 you who say in your heart, "I exist, and there is no one else like me;
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\q1 I will never sit as a widow, nor will I ever experience loss of children."
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\v 9 But these two things will come to you in a moment in one day:
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\q1 the loss of children and widowhood; in full force they will come on you,
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\q1 despite your sorceries and your many incantations and amulets.
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\v 10 You have trusted in your wickedness; you have said, "No one sees me";
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\q1 your wisdom and your knowledge lead you astray,
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\q1 but you say in your heart, "I exist, and there is no one else like me."
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\v 11 Disaster will overcome you; you will not be able to drive it away with your incantations.
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\q1 Destruction will fall on you; you will not be able to ward it off.
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\q1 Calamity will strike you suddenly, before you know it.
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\v 12 Persist in casting your spells and your many sorceries
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\q1 which you have faithfully recited since your childhood;
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\q1 perhaps you will be successful, perhaps you will scare away disaster.
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\v 13 You are tired out with your many consultations; let those men stand up
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\q1 and save you—those who chart the heavens and look at the stars,
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\q1 those who declare the new moons—let them save you from what will happen to you.
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\v 14 See, they will become like stubble. The fire will burn them up.
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\q1 They will not save themselves from the hand of the flame.
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\q1 There are no coals to warm them and no fire for them to sit by!
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\v 15 This is what they have become to you, those with whom you have worked, and you bought and sold with them when you were young,
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\q1 and all of them keep doing their own foolish things;
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\q2 and when you cry out for help, there is no one who can rescue you."
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