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The Lord says to Babylon,

“Sit in silence and darkness;
    no more will they call you the queen of nations!
I was angry with my people;
    I treated them as no longer mine:
I put them in your power,
    and you showed them no mercy;
    even the aged you treated harshly.
You thought you would always be a queen,
    and did not take these things to heart
    or think how it all would end.

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“Sit in silence,(A) go into darkness,(B)
    queen city of the Babylonians;(C)
no more will you be called
    queen(D) of kingdoms.(E)
I was angry(F) with my people
    and desecrated my inheritance;(G)
I gave them into your hand,(H)
    and you showed them no mercy.(I)
Even on the aged
    you laid a very heavy yoke.
You said, ‘I am forever(J)
    the eternal queen!’(K)
But you did not consider these things
    or reflect(L) on what might happen.(M)

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