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Sit in silence, and go into darkness,
    daughter Chaldea!
For you shall no more be called
    the mistress of kingdoms.
I was angry with my people,
    I profaned my heritage;
I gave them into your hand,
    you showed them no mercy;
on the aged you made your yoke
    exceedingly heavy.
You said, ‘I shall be mistress for ever’,
    so that you did not lay these things to heart
    or remember their end.

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“Sit still and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans! For no more shall you be called, ‘The Lady of Kingdoms’.

“I was angry with My people: I have polluted My inheritance and given them into your hand. You showed them no mercy, but you laid your very heavy yoke upon the aged.

“And you said, ‘I shall be a lady forever’, so that you did not set your mind to these things, nor did you remember their end result.

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