The Koine Bible

Come down, sit on the ground, virgin daughter of Babylon; enter into the darkness, daughter of the Chaldeans; for you shall no longer be added to be called tender and delicate.

Take a millstone, grind flour; uncover your veil, uncover the gray hairs; lift up the legs, cross over rivers.

Your shame will be uncovered; your reproaches will be seen. I will take the right thing from you; I will no longer by any means hand over to men.

The one who delivered you is the Lord of hosts; his name is Holy One of Israel.

Sit down, pierced through; enter into the darkness, daughter of the Chaldeans; you shall no longer at all be called the strength of a kingdom.

I was provoked against my people; you defiled my inheritance. I gave them into your hand, but you did not give them mercy; you greatly burdened the yoke of the elderly.

And you said, I shall be ruling forever; you did not consider these things in your heart, nor did you remember the latter things.

Now therefore hear these things, you delicate one, sitting in confidence, the one saying in her heart, I am, and there is no other: I shall not sit as a widow, nor shall I know orphanhood.

Now, however, these two things shall come suddenly upon you in one day: widowhood and childlessness; they shall come suddenly upon you in your sorcery, in the strength of your enchantments, exceedingly

In the hope of your wickedness, for you said, I am, and there is no other; know that the understanding of these things and your fornication will be to you a shame, and you said in your heart, I am, and there is no other

and ruin will come upon you, and you will by no means know the pit, and you will fall into it, and misery will come upon you, and you will by no means be able to become clean, and ruin will come upon you suddenly, and you will by no means know it

Stand now in your incantations and in your much sorcery, which you learned from your youth; if perhaps you may be able to benefit.

You have wearied yourself in your plans; let the astrologers of the heaven stand and save you, those who see the stars; let them announce to you what is about to come upon you.

Behold, they all shall be burned up like twigs on the fire, and they shall by no means deliver their soul from the flame, for you have coals of fire; sit upon them

These shall be to you a help. You have labored in your change from youth; each man wandered by himself. But for you there shall be no salvation.