47“Come down, virgin daughter of Babylon, and sit in the dust. For your days of sitting on a throne have ended. O daughter of Babylonia, never again will you be the lovely princess, tender and delicate.H3381H3427H6083H1330H1323H894H3427H776H3678H1323H3778H3254H7121H7390H60282Take heavy millstones and grind flour. Remove your veil, and strip off your robe. Expose yourself to public view.H3947H7347H2912H7058H1540H6777H2834H7640H1540H7785H5674H51043You will be naked and burdened with shame. I will take vengeance against you without pity.”H6172H1540H2781H7200H3947H5359H6293H1204Our Redeemer, whose name is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, is the Holy One of Israel.H1350H3068H6635H8034H6918H34785“O beautiful Babylon, sit now in darkness and silence. Never again will you be known as the queen of kingdoms.H3427H1748H935H2822H1323H3778H3254H7121H1404H44676For I was angry with my chosen people and punished them by letting them fall into your hands. But you, Babylon, showed them no mercy. You oppressed even the elderly.H7107H5971H2490H5159H5414H3027H7760H7356H2205H3966H3513H59237You said, ‘I will reign forever as queen of the world!’ You did not reflect on your actions or think about their consequences.H559H1404H5769H7760H3820H2142H3198“Listen to this, you pleasure-loving kingdom, living at ease and feeling secure. You say, ‘I am the only one, and there is no other. I will never be a widow or lose my children.’H8085H5719H3427H983H559H3824H657H3427H490H3045H79089Well, both these things will come upon you in a moment. widowhood and the loss of your children. Yes, these calamities will come upon you, despite all your witchcraft and magic.H8147H935H7281H259H3117H7908H489H935H8537H7230H3785H3966H6109H226710“You felt secure in your wickedness. ‘No one sees me,’ you said. But your ‘wisdom’ and ‘knowledge’ have led you astray, and you said, ‘I am the only one, and there is no other.’H982H7451H559H7200H2451H1847H7725H559H3820H65711So disaster will overtake you, and you won’t be able to charm it away. Calamity will fall upon you, and you won’t be able to buy your way out. A catastrophe will strike you suddenly, one for which you are not prepared.H7451H935H3045H7837H1943H5307H3201H3722H7722H935H6597H304512“Now use your magical charms! Use the spells you have worked at all these years! Maybe they will do you some good. Maybe they can make someone afraid of you.H5975H2267H7230H3785H834H3021H5271H3201H3276H620613All the advice you receive has made you tired. Where are all your astrologers, those stargazers who make predictions each month? Let them stand up and save you from what the future holds.H3811H7230H6098H1895H8064H2374H3556H2320H3045H5975H3467H93514But they are like straw burning in a fire; they cannot save themselves from the flame. You will get no help from them at all; their hearth is no place to sit for warmth.H7179H784H8313H5337H5315H3027H3852H1513H2552H217H342715And all your friends, those with whom you’ve done business since childhood, will go their own ways, turning a deaf ear to your cries.H3021H5503H5271H8582H376H5676H3467
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, never again will you be the lovely princess, tender and delicate.H3381
