Isa 3:26, Isa 47, 50:5, 52:2, 7, Jer 9:11, Lam 2:10, Eze 26:16 | ESV | STEP | And her gates shall lament and mourn ; empty , she shall sit on the ground .

1 ^cCome down and sit in the dust,
O virgin ^ddaughter of Babylon;
^esit on the ground without a throne,
O daughter of ^fthe Chaldeans!
^gFor you shall no more be called
tender and delicate.
2 Take the millstones and ^hgrind flour,
ⁱput off your veil,
strip off your robe, uncover your legs,
pass through the rivers.
3 Your nakedness shall be uncovered,
and your disgrace shall be seen.
I will take vengeance,
and I will spare no one.
4 ^jOur Redeemer—the Lord of hosts is his name—
is the Holy One of Israel.
5 ^kSit in silence, and go into darkness,
O daughter of ^lthe Chaldeans;
for you shall no more be called
^mthe mistress of kingdoms.
6 ⁿI was angry with my people;
I profaned my heritage;
I gave them into your hand;
^oyou showed them no mercy;
on the aged you made your yoke exceedingly heavy.
7 You said, “I shall be ^pmistress forever,”
so that you did not lay these things to heart
or remember their end.
8 Now therefore hear this, ^qyou lover of pleasures,
^rwho sit securely,
who say in your heart,
^s“I am, and there is no one besides me;
^tI shall not sit as a widow
or know the loss of children”:
9 ^uThese two things shall come to you
in a moment, ^vin one day;
the loss of children and widowhood
shall come upon you in full measure,
^win spite of your many sorceries
and the great power of your enchantments.
10 You felt secure in your wickedness;
you said, “No one sees me”;
your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray,
and you said in your heart,
^x“I am, and there is no one besides me.”
11 But evil shall come upon you,
which you will not know how to charm away;
disaster shall fall upon you,
for which you will not be able to atone;
^yand ruin shall come upon you suddenly,
of which you know nothing.
12 ^zStand fast in your enchantments
and your many sorceries,
with which you have labored from your youth;
perhaps you may be able to succeed;
perhaps you may inspire terror.
13 You are wearied with your many counsels;
let them stand forth and save you,
^aathose who divide the heavens,
who gaze at the stars,
who at the new moons make known
what shall come upon you.
14 Behold, ^abthey are like stubble;
^acthe fire consumes them;
they cannot deliver themselves
from the power of the flame.
No coal for warming oneself is this,
no fire to sit before!
15 Such to you are those with whom you have labored,
who have done business with you from your youth;
they wander about, each in his own direction;
there is no one to save you.

Isaiah 50:5

5 ^adThe Lord God has opened my ear,
^aeand I was not rebellious;
I turned not backward.

Isaiah 52:2

2 ^afShake yourself from the dust and arise;
be seated, O Jerusalem;
^agloose the bonds from your neck,
O captive daughter of Zion.

Isaiah 52:7

7 ^ahHow beautiful upon the mountains
are the feet of him who brings good news,
who publishes peace, ^aiwho brings good news of happiness,
who publishes salvation,
who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.”

Jeremiah 9:11

11 ^ajI will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins,
^aka lair of jackals,
^aland I will make the cities of Judah a desolation,
without inhabitant.”

Lamentations 2:10

10 The elders of the daughter of Zion
^amsit on the ground ^anin silence;
^aothey have thrown dust on their heads
and ^apput on sackcloth;
the young women of Jerusalem
have bowed their heads to the ground.

Ezekiel 26:16

16 Then all ^aqthe princes of the sea will step down from their thrones and ^arremove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling; ^asthey will sit on the ground and ^attremble every moment and ^aube appalled at you.