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Lament for Babylon
1 “AIs 3:26; Jer 48:18Come down and sit in the dust,
O BIs 23:12; 37:22; Jer 46:11virgin CPs 137:8; Jer 50:42; 51:33; Zech 2:7daughter of Babylon;
Sit on the ground without a throne,
O daughter of the Chaldeans!
For you shall no longer be called DDeut 28:56tender and delicate.
Remove your CGen 24:65; Is 3:23; 1 Cor 11:5veil, DIs 32:11strip off the skirt,
Uncover the leg, cross the rivers.
3 “Your AEzek 16:37; Nah 3:5nakedness will be uncovered,
Your shame also will be exposed;
I will BIs 34:8; 63:4take vengeance and will not 1Lit meetspare a man.”
4 Our AIs 41:14Redeemer, the Loʀᴅ of hosts is His name,
The Holy One of Israel.
O daughter of the Chaldeans,
For you will no longer be called
The CIs 47:7queen of DIs 13:19; Dan 2:37kingdoms.
6 “I was angry with My people,
I profaned My heritage
And gave them into your hand.
You did not show mercy to them,
On the ADeut 28:50aged you made your yoke very heavy.
7 “Yet you said, ‘I will be a AIs 47:5queen forever.’
These things you did not BIs 42:25; 57:11consider
Nor remember the CDeut 32:29; Jer 5:31; Ezek 7:2, 3outcome of 1Lit itthem.
8 “Now, then, hear this, you AIs 22:13; 32:9; Jer 50:11sensual one,
Who BIs 32:9, 11; Zeph 2:15dwells securely,
Who says in 1Lit heryour heart,
‘CIs 45:5, 6, 18; 47:10; Zeph 2:15I am, and there is no one besides me.
I will DRev 18:7not sit as a widow,
Nor know loss of children.’
9 “But these AIs 13:16, 18; 14:22two things will come on you BPs 73:19; 1 Thess 5:3; Rev 18:8, 10suddenly in one day:
Loss of children and widowhood.
They will come on you in full measure
In spite of your many CIs 47:13; Nah 3:4; Rev 18:23sorceries,
In spite of the great power of your spells.
10 “You felt APs 52:7; 62:10; Is 59:4secure in your wickedness and said,
‘BIs 29:15; Ezek 8:12; 9:9No one sees me,’
Your CIs 5:21; 44:20wisdom and your knowledge, 1Lit it hasthey have deluded you;
For you have said in your heart,
‘DIs 47:8I am, and there is no one besides me.’
11 “But AIs 57:1evil will come on you
Which you will not know how to charm away;
And disaster will fall on you
For which you cannot atone;
And BIs 13:6; Jer 51:8, 43; Luke 17:27; 1 Thess 5:3destruction about which you do not know
Will come on you CIs 47:9suddenly.
And in your many sorceries
With which you have labored from your youth;
Perhaps you will be able to profit,
Perhaps you may cause trembling.
13 “You are AJer 51:58, 64wearied with your many counsels;
Let now the BIs 8:19; 44:25; 47:9; Dan 2:2, 10astrologers,
Those who prophesy by the stars,
Those who predict by the new moons,
Stand up and CIs 47:15save you from what will come upon you.
14 “Behold, they have become AIs 5:24; Nah 1:10; Mal 4:1like stubble,
BIs 10:17; Jer 51:30, 32, 58Fire burns them;
They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame;
There will be CIs 44:16no coal to warm by
Nor a fire to sit before!
15 “So have those become to you with whom you have labored,
Who have ARev 18:11trafficked with you from your youth;
Each has wandered in his own 1Lit side, regionway;
There is BIs 5:29; 43:13; 46:7none to save you.
B47:1 Is 23:12; 37:22; Jer 46:11
C47:1 Ps 137:8; Jer 50:42; 51:33; Zech 2:7
B47:2 Job 31:10; Eccl 12:4; Matt 24:41
C47:2 Gen 24:65; Is 3:23; 1 Cor 11:5
147:3 Lit meet
A47:5 Is 23:2; Jer 8:14; Lam 2:10
C47:7 Deut 32:29; Jer 5:31; Ezek 7:2, 3
147:7 Lit it
A47:8 Is 22:13; 32:9; Jer 50:11
147:8 Lit her
C47:8 Is 45:5, 6, 18; 47:10; Zeph 2:15
B47:9 Ps 73:19; 1 Thess 5:3; Rev 18:8, 10
C47:9 Is 47:13; Nah 3:4; Rev 18:23
A47:10 Ps 52:7; 62:10; Is 59:4
B47:10 Is 29:15; Ezek 8:12; 9:9
147:10 Lit it has
B47:11 Is 13:6; Jer 51:8, 43; Luke 17:27; 1 Thess 5:3
A47:13 Jer 51:58, 64
B47:13 Is 8:19; 44:25; 47:9; Dan 2:2, 10
A47:14 Is 5:24; Nah 1:10; Mal 4:1
B47:14 Is 10:17; Jer 51:30, 32, 58
147:15 Lit side, region