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א
רְדִי וּשְׁבִי עַל-עָפָר, בְּתוּלַת בַּת-בָּבֶל--שְׁבִי-לָאָרֶץ אֵין-כִּסֵּא, בַּת-כַּשְׂדִּים: כִּי לֹא תוֹסִיפִי יִקְרְאוּ-לָךְ, רַכָּה וַעֲנֻגָּה.
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Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
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ב
קְחִי רֵחַיִם, וְטַחֲנִי קָמַח; גַּלִּי צַמָּתֵךְ חֶשְׂפִּי-שֹׁבֶל גַּלִּי-שׁוֹק, עִבְרִי נְהָרוֹת.
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2
Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove thy veil, strip off the train, uncover the leg, pass through the rivers.
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ג
תִּגָּל, עֶרְוָתֵךְ--גַּם תֵּרָאֶה, חֶרְפָּתֵךְ; נָקָם אֶקָּח, וְלֹא אֶפְגַּע אָדָם. {פ}
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3
Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen; I will take vengeance, and will let no man intercede.
{P}
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ד
גֹּאֲלֵנוּ, יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת שְׁמוֹ--קְדוֹשׁ, יִשְׂרָאֵל.
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4
Our Redeemer, YAHOWAH of hosts is His name, The Holy One of Yisrael.
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ה
שְׁבִי דוּמָם וּבֹאִי בַחֹשֶׁךְ, בַּת-כַּשְׂדִּים: כִּי לֹא תוֹסִיפִי יִקְרְאוּ-לָךְ, גְּבֶרֶת מַמְלָכוֹת.
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Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called the mistress of kingdoms.
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ו
קָצַפְתִּי עַל-עַמִּי, חִלַּלְתִּי נַחֲלָתִי, וָאֶתְּנֵם, בְּיָדֵךְ; לֹא-שַׂמְתְּ לָהֶם, רַחֲמִים--עַל-זָקֵן, הִכְבַּדְתְּ עֻלֵּךְ מְאֹד.
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6
I was wroth with My people, I profaned Mine inheritance, and gave them into thy hand; thou didst show them no mercy; upon the aged hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
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ז
וַתֹּאמְרִי, לְעוֹלָם אֶהְיֶה גְבָרֶת--עַד לֹא-שַׂמְתְּ אֵלֶּה עַל-לִבֵּךְ, לֹא זָכַרְתְּ אַחֲרִיתָהּ. {פ}
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7
And thou saidst: 'For ever shall I be mistress'; so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the end thereof.
{P}
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ח
וְעַתָּה שִׁמְעִי-זֹאת עֲדִינָה, הַיּוֹשֶׁבֶת לָבֶטַח, הָאֹמְרָה בִּלְבָבָהּ, אֲנִי וְאַפְסִי עוֹד; לֹא אֵשֵׁב אַלְמָנָה, וְלֹא אֵדַע שְׁכוֹל.
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8
Now therefore hear this, thou that art given to pleasures, that sittest securely, that sayest in thy heart: 'I am, and there is none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children';
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ט
וְתָבֹאנָה לָּךְ שְׁתֵּי-אֵלֶּה רֶגַע בְּיוֹם אֶחָד, שְׁכוֹל וְאַלְמֹן; כְּתֻמָּם, בָּאוּ עָלַיִךְ, בְּרֹב כְּשָׁפַיִךְ, בְּעָצְמַת חֲבָרַיִךְ מְאֹד.
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9
But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood; in their full measure shall they come upon thee, for the multitude of thy sorceries, and the great abundance of thine enchantments.
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י
וַתִּבְטְחִי בְרָעָתֵךְ, אָמַרְתְּ אֵין רֹאָנִי--חָכְמָתֵךְ וְדַעְתֵּךְ, הִיא שׁוֹבְבָתֶךְ; וַתֹּאמְרִי בְלִבֵּךְ, אֲנִי וְאַפְסִי עוֹד.
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10
And thou hast been secure in thy wickedness, thou hast said: 'None seeth me'; thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thy heart. 'I am, and there is none else beside me.'
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יא
וּבָא עָלַיִךְ רָעָה, לֹא תֵדְעִי שַׁחְרָהּ, וְתִפֹּל עָלַיִךְ הֹוָה, לֹא תוּכְלִי כַּפְּרָהּ; וְתָבֹא עָלַיִךְ פִּתְאֹם שֹׁאָה, לֹא תֵדָעִי.
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Yet shall evil came upon thee; thou shalt not know how to charm it away; and calamity shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it away; and ruin shall come upon thee suddenly, before thou knowest.
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יב
עִמְדִי-נָא בַחֲבָרַיִךְ וּבְרֹב כְּשָׁפַיִךְ, בַּאֲשֶׁר יָגַעַתְּ מִנְּעוּרָיִךְ; אוּלַי תּוּכְלִי הוֹעִיל, אוּלַי תַּעֲרוֹצִי.
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12
Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.
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יג
נִלְאֵית, בְּרֹב עֲצָתָיִךְ; יַעַמְדוּ-נָא וְיוֹשִׁיעֻךְ הברו (הֹבְרֵי) שָׁמַיִם, הַחֹזִים בַּכּוֹכָבִים, מוֹדִעִים לֶחֳדָשִׁים, מֵאֲשֶׁר יָבֹאוּ עָלָיִךְ.
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13
Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels; let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from the things that shall come upon thee.
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יד
הִנֵּה הָיוּ כְקַשׁ אֵשׁ שְׂרָפָתַם, לֹא-יַצִּילוּ אֶת-נַפְשָׁם מִיַּד לֶהָבָה; אֵין-גַּחֶלֶת לַחְמָם, אוּר לָשֶׁבֶת נֶגְדּוֹ.
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Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame; it shall not be a coal to warm at, nor a fire to sit before.
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טו
כֵּן הָיוּ-לָךְ, אֲשֶׁר יָגָעַתְּ; סֹחֲרַיִךְ מִנְּעוּרַיִךְ, אִישׁ לְעֶבְרוֹ תָּעוּ--אֵין, מוֹשִׁיעֵךְ. {ס}
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Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured; they that have trafficked with thee from thy youth shall wander every one to his quarter; there shall be none to save thee.
{S}
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