“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.
O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.
For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “The Daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the t
They grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, l
Go up to Gilead for balm, O Virgin Daughter of Egypt! In vain you try many remedies, but for you there is no healing.
“Get up, O Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon!”
And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.
this is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daug
For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes.
You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the
Come down from your glory; sit on parched ground, O daughter dwelling in Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come again
Shake off your dust! Rise up and sit on your throne, O Jerusalem. Remove the chains from your neck, O captive Daughter o
He said, “You shall rejoice no more, O oppressed Virgin Daughter of Sidon. Get up and cross over to Cyprus—even there yo
Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw ho
The most gentle and refined woman among you, so gentle and refined she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on
The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackclo
Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.”
You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome.
Both young and old lie together in the dust of the streets. My young men and maidens have fallen by the sword. You have
Your heart grew proud of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor; so I cast you to the earth; I
For He has humbled those who dwell on high; He lays the lofty city low. He brings it down to the ground; He casts it int
All the princes of the sea will descend from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments
As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart s
And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.
You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.
Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets; those brought up in crimson huddle in ash heaps.
When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackclot
The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say
I will overturn royal thrones and destroy the power of the kingdoms of the nations. I will overturn chariots and their r
Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.