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.
delicate
τρυφερά
tryphera
Take
the millstones,
and grind
meal:
uncover
thy locks,
make bare
the leg,
uncover
the thigh,
pass over
the rivers.
grind
ἄλεσον
aleson
covering
κατακάλυμμά
katakalymma
old age
πολιάς
polias
expose
ἀνάσυραι
anasyrai
part between the knee and ankle
κνήμας
knēmas
Thy nakedness
shall be uncovered,
yea, thy shame
shall be seen:
I will take
vengeance,
and I will not meet
thee as a man.
As for our redeemer,
the LORD
of hosts
is his name,
the Holy One
of Israel.
Sit
thou silent,
and get
thee into darkness,
O daughter
of the Chaldeans:
for thou shalt no more
be called,
The lady
of kingdoms.
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.
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.
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:
delicate
τρυφερὰ
tryphera
orphanhood
ὀρφανείαν
orphaneian
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.
widowhood
χηρεία
chēreia
childlessness
ἀτεκνία
ateknia
use of drugs
φαρμακείᾳ
pharmakeia
enchanter
ἐπαοιδῶν
epaoidōn
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.
say
say
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.
sudden
ἐξαπίνης
exapinēs
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.
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.
astrologer
ἀστρολόγοι
astrologoi
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.
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.
