96 lines
2.3 KiB
Markdown
96 lines
2.3 KiB
Markdown
The Fall of Babylon
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# Chapter 47
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1. "Go down and sit in the dust,
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Virgin Daughter Babylon.
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Sit on the ground without a throne,
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Daughter Chaldea!
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For you will no longer be called pampered and spoiled.
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2. Take millstones and grind flour;
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remove your veil,
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strip off your skirt, bare your thigh,
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wade through the streams.
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3. Your nakedness will be uncovered,
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and your disgrace will be exposed.
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I will take vengeance;
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I will spare no one."
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4. The Holy One of Israel is our Redeemer;
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The Lord of Armies is his name.
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5. "Daughter Chaldea,
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sit in silence and go into darkness.
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For you will no longer be called mistress of kingdoms.
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6. I was angry with my people;
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I profaned my possession,
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and I handed them over to you.
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You showed them no mercy;
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you made your yoke very heavy on the elderly.
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7. You said, 'I will be the queen forever.'
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You did not take these things to heart
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or think about their outcome.
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8. "So now hear this, lover of luxury,
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who sits securely,
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who says to herself,
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'I am, and there is no one else.
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I will never be a widow
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or know the loss of children.'
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9. These two things will happen to you
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suddenly, in one day:
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loss of children and widowhood.
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They will happen to you in their entirety,
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in spite of your many sorceries
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and the potency of your spells.
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10. You were secure in your wickedness;
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you said, 'No one sees me.'
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Your wisdom and knowledge
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led you astray.
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You said to yourself,
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'I am, and there is no one else.'
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11. But disaster will happen to you;
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you will not know how to avert it.
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And it will fall on you,
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but you will be unable to ward it off.
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Devastation will happen to you suddenly
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and unexpectedly.
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12. So take your stand with your spells
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and your many sorceries,
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which you have wearied yourself with from your youth.
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Perhaps you will be able to succeed;
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perhaps you will inspire terror!
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13. You are worn out with your many consultations.
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So let the astrologers stand and save you--
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those who observe the stars,
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those who predict monthly
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what will happen to you.
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14. Look, they are like stubble;
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fire burns them.
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They cannot rescue themselves
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from the power of the flame.
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This is not a coal for warming themselves,
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or a fire to sit beside!
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15. This is what they are to you--
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those who have wearied you
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and have traded with you from your youth--
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each wanders on his own way;
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no one can save you.
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