The destruction of Babylon is further prophesied, for their pride, 8. arrogancy, 10. and sorcery.The destruction of Babylon is further prophecied, for their pride, 8. arrogancie, 10. and sorcerie.✦
Come down, sit in the dust O Virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne for the daughter of the Chaldees, because thou shalt no more be called mollis: pleasant, agreeable; dainty, over-tender and tender.COME downe, sitte in the dust ô Virgin daughter of Babylon, sitte on the ground: there is no throne for the daughter of the Chaldees, because thou shalt no more be called nice and tender.✦Descende, sede in pulvere, virgo filia Babylon : sede in terra ; non est solium filiæ Chaldæorum, quia ultra non vocaberis mollis et tenera.
2Take a mill, and grind meal: make bare thy turpitudinem: shameful nakedness, discooperi: find out, detect; uncover, lay bare the shoulder, uncover the thighs, pass the rivers.Take a mil, and grinde meale: make bare thy turpitude, discouer the shoulder, vncouer the thighes, passe the riuers.✦Tolle molam, et mole farinam ; denuda turpitudinem tuam ; discooperi humerum, revela crura, transi flumina.
3Thine ignominia: shame, exposed nakedness shall be discovered, and thy reproach shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and no man shall resist me.Thyne ignominie shal be discouered, and thy reproch shal be seene: I wil take vengeance, and no man shal resist me.✦Revelabitur ignominia tua, et videbitur opprobrium tuum ; ultionem capiam, et non resistet mihi homo.
4Our redeemer, the Lord of hosts is his name the holy one of Israel.Our redemer, the Lord of hostes is his name the holie one of Israel.✦Redemptor noster, Dominus exercituum nomen illius, Sanctus Israël.
5Sit holding thy peace, and enter into darkness O daughter of the Chaldees: because thou shalt no more be called the lady of kingdoms.Sitte holding thy peace, and enter into darkenes ô daughter of the Chaldees: because thou shalt no more be called the ladie of kingdomes.✦Sede tacens, et intra in tenebras, filia Chaldæorum, quia non vocaberis ultra domina regnorum.
6I was angry against my people, I have contaminavi: polluted; profaned, defiled mine inheritance, and have given them into thy hand: thou hast not shewed mercies to them: upon the ancient thou hast made thy yoke exceeding heavy.I was angrie agaynst my people, I haue contaminated mine inheritance, and haue geuen them into thy hand: thou hast not shewed mercies to them: vpon the ancient thou hast made thy yoke exceding heauie.✦Iratus sum super populum meum : contaminavi hæreditatem meam, et dedi eos in manu tua : non posuisti eis misericordias ; super senem aggravasti jugum tuum valde.
7And thou hast said: I will be a lady for ever: thou hast not put these things upon thy heart, neither hast thou remembered thy later end.And thou hast sayd: I wil be a ladie for euer: thou hast not put these thinges vpon thy hart, neither hast thou remembred thy later end.✦Et dixisti : In sempiternum ero domina. Non posuisti hæc super cor tuum, neque recordata es novissimi tui.
8And now hear these things thou that art delicata: soft with luxury, given to ease, and dwellest confidently, that sayest in thy heart: I am, and there is none else beside me: I shall not sit a widow, and I shall not know barrenness.And now heare these thinges thou that art delicate, and dwellest confidently, that sayest in thy hart: I am, and there is none eles beside me: I shal not sitte a widow, and I shal not know barrennesse.✦Et nunc audi hæc delicata, et habitans confidenter, quæ dicis in corde tuo : Ego sum, et non est præter me amplius ; non sedebo vidua, et ignorabo sterilitatem.
9These two things shall come to thee suddenly in one day, barrenness and widowhood. All things are come upon thee, because of the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the vehement hardness of thine enchanters.These two thinges shal come to thee sodenly in one day, barrennesse and widowhood. Al thinges are come vpon thee, because of the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the vehement hardnes of thine inchanters.✦Venient tibi duo hæc subito in die una, sterilitas et viduitas : universa venerunt super te, propter multitudinem maleficiorum tuorum, et propter duritiam incantatorum tuorum vehementem.
10And thou hast confidence in thy malice, and hast said: There is none that seeth me. Thy wisdom, and thy knowledge, this hath deceived thee. And thou hast said in thy heart: I am, and beside me there is none other.And thou hast confidence in thy malice, & hast sayd: There is none that seeth me. Thy wisdome, and thy knowlege, this hath deceiued thee. And thou hast sayd in thy hart: I am, and beside me there is none other.✦Et fiduciam habuisti in malitia tua, et dixisti : Non est qui videat me. Sapientia tua et scientia tua, hæc decepit te. Et dixisti in corde tuo : Ego sum, et præter me non est altera.
11Evil shall come upon thee, and thou shalt not know the rising thereof: and calamity shall fall violently upon thee, which thou canst not expiare: atone for sin; ward off, avert by atonement: misery shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.Euil shal come vpon thee, and thou shalt not know the rysing therof: and calamitie shal fal violently vpon thee, which thou canst not expiate: miserie shal come vpon thee sodenly, which thou shalt not know.✦Veniet super te malum, et nescies ortum ejus ; et irruet super te calamitas quam non poteris expiare ; veniet super te repente miseria quam nescies.
12Stand with thine enchanters, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, in which thou hast laborasti: journeyed; laboured, toiled from thy youth, if perhaps it may profit thee any thing, or if thou mayst become stronger.Stand with thine inchanters, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, in which thou hast traueled from thy youth, if perhaps it may profite thee any thing, or if thou mayst become stronger.✦Sta cum incantatoribus tuis et cum multitudine maleficiorum tuorum, in quibus laborasti ab adolescentia tua, si forte quod prosit tibi, aut si possis fieri fortior.
13Thou hast failed in the multitude of thy counsels: let the astrologers of the heaven stand and save thee, which did contemplate the stars, and count the months, that by them they might tell things that shall come to thee.Thou hast fayled in the multitude of thy counsels: let the astrologers of the heauen stand and saue thee, which did contemplate the starres, and count the monethes, that by them they might tel thinges that shal come to thee.✦Defecisti in multitudine consiliorum tuorum. Stent, et salvent te augures cæli, qui contemplabantur sidera, et supputabant menses, ut ex eis annuntiarent ventura tibi.
14Behold they are become as stubble, fire hath burnt them; they shall not deliver their soul from the hand of the flame: there are no coals, wherewith they may be warmed, nor fire, that they may sit thereat.Behold they are become as stuble, fire hath burnt them; they shal not deliuer their soule from the hand of the flame: there are no coles, wherwith they may be warmed, nor fire, that they may sitte therat.✦Ecce facti sunt quasi stipula, ignis combussit eos ; non liberabunt animam suam de manu flammæ ; non sunt prunæ quibus calefiant, nec focus ut sedeant ad eum.
15So are the things become unto thee, in whatsoever thou hast travailed: thy merchants from thy youth, every one hath erred in his own way, there is none that can save thee.So are the thinges become vnto thee, in whatsoeuer thou hast traueled: thy merchants from thy youth, euerie one hath erred in his owne way, there is none that can saue thee.✦Sic facta sunt tibi in quibuscumque laboraveras : negotiatores tui ab adolescentia tua, unusquisque in via sua erraverunt ; non est qui salvet te.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.