Sayto the kingand the queenmother,"Takea lowlyseat,For your beautifulcrownHas comedownfrom your head."
Jehoiachinthe kingof Judahwentout to the kingof Babylon,he and his motherand his servantsand his captainsand his officials.So the kingof Babylontookhim captive in the eighthyearof his reign.
So he ledJehoiachinawayinto exileto Babylon;also the king'smotherand the king'swivesand his officialsand the leadingmenof the land,he ledaway into exilefrom Jerusalemto Babylon.
When he was in distress,he entreatedthe LORDhis Godand humbledhimself greatlybeforethe Godof his fathers.
His prayeralso and [how God] was entreatedby him, and allhis sin,his unfaithfulness,and the siteson whichhe builthighplacesand erectedthe Asherimand the carvedimages,beforehe humbledhimself, behold,they are writtenin the recordsof the Hozai.
Moreover, he did not humblehimself beforethe LORDas his fatherManassehhad done,but Amonmultipliedguilt.
Mosesand Aaronwentto Pharaohand saidto him, "Thussaysthe LORD,the Godof the Hebrews,'Howlongwill you refuseto humbleyourself beforeMe? LetMy peoplego,that they may serveMe.
and the turbanof finelinen,and the decoratedcapsof finelinen,and the linenbreechesof finetwistedlinen,
For richesare not forever,Nordoes a crown[endure] to allgenerations.
headdresses,anklechains,sashes,perfumeboxes,amulets,
And her gateswill lamentand mourn,And desertedshe will siton the ground.
"Comedownand sitin the dust,O virgindaughterof Babylon;Siton the groundwithouta throne,O daughterof the Chaldeans!For you shall nolongerbe calledtenderand delicate.
"As I live,"declaresthe LORD,"eventhoughConiahthe sonof Jehoiakimkingof Judahwere a signet[ring] on My righthand,yetI would pullyou off;
"I will hurlyou and your motherwhoboreyou into anothercountrywhereyou were not born,and thereyou will die.
(This was afterKingJeconiahand the queenmother,the courtofficials,the princesof Judahand Jerusalem,the craftsmenand the smithshad departedfrom Jerusalem.)
When they had heardallthe words,they turnedin fearoneto anotherand saidto Baruch,"We will surelyreportallthesewordsto the king."
Allher majestyHas departedfrom the daughterof Zion;Her princeshave becomelike deerThat have foundnopasture;And they have fledwithoutstrengthBeforethe pursuer.
Her uncleannesswas in her skirts;She did not considerher future.Therefore she has fallenastonishingly;She hasnocomforter."See,O LORD,my affliction,For the enemyhas magnifiedhimself!"
The eldersof the daughterof ZionSiton the ground,they are silent.They have thrownduston their heads;They have girdedthemselves with sackcloth.The virginsof JerusalemHave bowedtheir headsto the ground.
The crownhas fallenfrom our head;Woeto us, for we have sinned!
"I also puta ringin your nostril,earringsin your earsand a beautifulcrownon your head.
thussaysthe LordGOD,'Removethe turbanand takeoffthe crown;this[will] nolonger [be] the same.Exaltthat whichis lowand abasethat whichis high.
"Groansilently;makenomourningfor the dead.Bindon your turbanand putyour shoeson your feet,and do not cover[your] mustacheand do not eatthe breadof men."
Your turbanswill be on your headsand your shoeson your feet.You will not mournand you will not weep,but you will rotawayin your iniquitiesand you will groanto oneanother.
"Linenturbansshall be on their headsand linenundergarmentsshall be on their loins;they shall not girdthemselves with [anything which makes them] sweat.
"But whenhis heartwas liftedup and his spiritbecameso proudthat he behavedarrogantly,he was deposedfrom his royalthroneand [his] glorywas takenawayfrom him.
When the wordreachedthe kingof Nineveh,he arosefrom his throne,laidasidehis robefrom him, covered[himself] with sackclothand saton the ashes.
"Whoeverthenhumbleshimselfas thischild,he is the greatestin the kingdomof heaven.
Humbleyourselves in the presenceof the Lord,and He will exaltyou.
Thereforehumbleyourselves underthe mightyhandof God,that He may exaltyou at the proper time,
