"Thisis the wordthat the LORDhas spokenagainsthim: 'She has despisedyou and mockedyou, The virgindaughterof Zion;She has shaken[her] headbehindyou, The daughterof Jerusalem!
"I toocould speaklike you, IfI were in your place.I could composewordsagainstyou And shakemy headat you.
I also have becomea reproachto them; When they seeme, they wagtheir head.
O daughterof Babylon,you devastatedone, How blessedwill be the one whorepaysyou With the recompensewith whichyou have repaidus.
You makeus a bywordamong the nations,A laughingstockamong the peoples.
That I may tellof allYour praises,That in the gatesof the daughterof ZionI may rejoicein Your salvation.
The daughterof Zionis leftlike a shelterin a vineyard,Like a watchman'shutin a cucumberfield,like a besiegedcity.
Overflowyour landlike the Nile,O daughterof Tarshish,Thereis nomorerestraint.
He has said,"You shall exultnomore,O crushedvirgindaughterof Sidon.Arise,passoverto Cyprus;eventhereyou will findnorest."
"Comedownand sitin the dust,O virgindaughterof Babylon;Siton the groundwithouta throne,O daughterof the Chaldeans!For you shall nolongerbe calledtenderand delicate.
"Sitsilently,and gointo darkness,O daughterof the Chaldeans,For you will nolongerbe calledThe queenof kingdoms.
"You will saythiswordto them, 'Let my eyesflowdownwith tearsnightand day,And let them not cease;For the virgindaughterof my peoplehas been crushedwith a mightyblow,With a sorelyinfectedwound.
"Thereforethussaysthe LORD,Asknowamong the nations,Whoever heardthe like of this?The virginof IsraelHas donea mostappallingthing.
"AgainI will buildyou and you will be rebuilt,O virginof Israel!Againyou will takeup your tambourines,And goforthto the dancesof the merrymakers.
Goup to Gileadand obtainbalm,O virgindaughterof Egypt!In vainhave you multipliedremedies;Thereis nohealingfor you.
"The Lordhas rejectedallmy strongmenIn my midst;He has calledan appointedtimeagainstme To crushmy youngmen;The Lordhas trodden[as in] a winepressThe virgindaughterof Judah.
Howshall I admonishyou? To whatshall I compareyou, O daughterof Jerusalem?To whatshall I likenyou as I comfortyou, O virgindaughterof Zion?For your ruinis as vastas the sea;Whocan healyou?
Allwho passalongthe wayClaptheir hands[in derision] at you; They hissand shaketheir headsAt the daughterof Jerusalem,"Is thisthe cityof whichthey said,The perfectionof beauty,A joyto allthe earth'?"
Rejoiceand be glad,O daughterof Edom,Who dwellsin the landof Uz;[But] the cupwill comearoundto you as well,You will becomedrunkand makeyourself naked.
She has fallen,she will not riseagain--The virginIsrael.She [lies] neglectedon her land;Thereis noneto raiseher up.
"As for you, towerof the flock,Hillof the daughterof Zion,To you it will come--Even the formerdominionwill come,The kingdomof the daughterof Jerusalem.
Rejoicegreatly,O daughterof Zion!Shout[in triumph], O daughterof Jerusalem!Behold,your kingis comingto you; He is justand endowedwith salvation,Humble,and mountedon a donkey,Even on a colt,the foalof a donkey.
And thosepassingby were hurling abuseat Him, waggingtheir heads
