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1. Go down and sit on the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the earth; a throne is not to the daughter of the Chaldeans; for they shall not again call you tender and delicate.
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1. Come down H3381 , and sit H3427 in H5921 the dust H6083 , O virgin H1330 daughter H1323 of Babylon H894 , sit H3427 on the ground H776 : there is no H369 throne H3678 , O daughter H1323 of the Chaldeans H3778 : for H3588 thou shalt no H3808 more H3254 be called H7121 tender H7390 and delicate H6028 .
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2. Take millstones and grind meal; uncover your veil; strip off the skirt; uncover the leg; pass over rivers.
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2. Take H3947 the millstones H7347 , and grind H2912 meal H7058 : uncover H1540 thy locks H6777 , make bare H2834 the leg H7640 , uncover H1540 the thigh H7785 , pass over H5674 the rivers H5104 .
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3. Your nakedness shall be uncovered; yea, your shame shall be seen. I will take vengeance and I will not meet a man.
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3. Thy nakedness H6172 shall be uncovered H1540 , yea H1571 , thy shame H2781 shall be seen H7200 : I will take H3947 vengeance H5359 , and I will not H3808 meet H6293 thee as a man H120 .
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4. Our Redeemer; Jehovah of Hosts is His name, the Holy One of Israel.
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4. As for our redeemer H1350 , the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 is his name H8034 , the Holy One H6918 of Israel H3478 .
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5. Sit in silence, and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans, for they shall no more call you the mistress of kingdoms.
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5. Sit H3427 thou silent H1748 , and get H935 thee into darkness H2822 , O daughter H1323 of the Chaldeans H3778 : for H3588 thou shalt no H3808 more H3254 be called H7121 , The lady H1404 of kingdoms H4467 .
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6. I was angry with My people; I defiled My inheritance and gave them into your hand. You gave them no mercy; you made your yoke on the aged very heavy.
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6. I was wroth H7107 with H5921 my people H5971 , I have polluted H2490 mine inheritance H5159 , and given H5414 them into thine hand H3027 : thou didst show H7760 them no H3808 mercy H7356 ; upon H5921 the ancient H2205 hast thou very H3966 heavily laid H3513 thy yoke H5923 .
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7. And you said, I shall be a mistress forever, until you did not set these things on your heart, and did not remember its end.
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7. And thou saidst H559 , I shall be H1961 a lady H1404 forever H5769 : so that H5704 thou didst not H3808 lay H7760 these H428 things to H5921 thy heart H3820 , neither H3808 didst remember H2142 the latter end H319 of it.
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8. Now, then, hear this, O pleasure seeker, who lives carelessly; who says in her heart, I am, and none else is; I shall not sit as a widow, nor shall I know the loss of children.
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8. Therefore hear H8085 now H6258 this H2063 , thou that art given to pleasures H5719 , that dwellest H3427 carelessly H983 , that sayest H559 in thine heart H3824 , I H589 am , and none else beside H657 H5750 me ; I shall not H3808 sit H3427 as a widow H490 , neither H3808 shall I know H3045 the loss of children H7908 :
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9. But these two things shall suddenly come to you, in one day: loss of children, and widowhood; according to completeness they come on you, for your many sorceries, for the multitude of your great spells.
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9. But these H428 two H8147 things shall come H935 to thee in a moment H7281 in one H259 day H3117 , the loss of children H7908 , and widowhood H489 : they shall come H935 upon H5921 thee in their perfection H8537 for the multitude H7230 of thy sorceries H3785 , and for the great H3966 abundance H6109 of thine enchantments H2267 .
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10. For you trusted in your evil; you said, No one sees me. Your wisdom and your knowledge; it is turning you back, and you said in your heart, I am and none else is.
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10. For thou hast trusted H982 in thy wickedness H7451 : thou hast said H559 , None H369 seeth H7200 me . Thy wisdom H2451 and thy knowledge H1847 , it H1931 hath perverted H7725 thee ; and thou hast said H559 in thine heart H3820 , I H589 am , and none else beside H657 H5750 me.
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11. For this, evil shall come on you; you shall not know its origin. And mischief shall fall on you; you shall not be able to cover it. And ruin shall come on you suddenly, you shall not know.
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11. Therefore shall evil H7451 come H935 upon H5921 thee ; thou shalt not H3808 know H3045 from whence it riseth H7837 : and mischief H1943 shall fall H5307 upon H5921 thee ; thou shalt not H3808 be able H3201 to put it off H3722 : and desolation H7722 shall come H935 upon H5921 thee suddenly H6597 , which thou shalt not H3808 know H3045 .
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12. Stand now among your spells, and with your many sorceries, in which you have wearied yourself since your youth. Perhaps you will be able to profit; perhaps you may cause quaking.
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12. Stand H5975 now H4994 with thine enchantments H2267 , and with the multitude H7230 of thy sorceries H3785 , wherein H834 thou hast labored H3021 from thy youth H4480 H5271 ; if so be H194 thou shalt be able H3201 to profit H3276 , if so be H194 thou mayest prevail H6206 .
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13. You are exhausted by your many plans; let those dividing the heavens stand up now and save you, the stargazers, making known what is coming on you into the new moons.
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13. Thou art wearied H3811 in the multitude H7230 of thy counsels H6098 . Let now H4994 the astrologers H1895 H8064 , the stargazers H2372 H3556 , the monthly H2320 prognosticators H3045 , stand up H5975 , and save H3467 thee from these things that H4480 H834 shall come H935 upon H5921 thee.
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14. Behold, they are as stubble; the fire burns them; they shall not save their soul from the flame's hand; there is no coal to warm them; nor fire, to sit before it.
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14. Behold H2009 , they shall be H1961 as stubble H7179 ; the fire H784 shall burn H8313 them ; they shall not H3808 deliver H5337 H853 themselves H5315 from the power H4480 H3027 of the flame H3852 : there shall not H369 be a coal H1513 to warm H2552 at, nor fire H217 to sit H3427 before H5048 it.
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15. So they are to you with whom you have labored, your traders from your youth; each one wanders to his own way; no one saves you.
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15. Thus H3651 shall they be H1961 unto thee with whom H834 thou hast labored H3021 , even thy merchants H5503 , from thy youth H4480 H5271 : they shall wander H8582 every one H376 to his quarter H5676 ; none H369 shall save H3467 thee.
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