He plucked off its topmost shoot, carried it to the land of merchants, and planted it in a city of traders.
This is what they are to you—those with whom you have labored and traded from youth—each one strays in his own direction
All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and
And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because there is no one left to buy their cargo—
You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut.
Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake, I will send to Babylon and bring them all as f