5  ^mSit in silence, and go into darkness,

O daughter of ^hthe Chaldeans;

for you shall no more be called

ⁿthe mistress of kingdoms.

6  ^oI was angry with my people;

I profaned my heritage;

I gave them into your hand;

^pyou showed them no mercy;

on the aged you made your yoke exceedingly heavy.

7  You said, “I shall be ^qmistress 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.