Today’s Scripture:

“Fall down! Sit in the dirt,O virgin[a] daughter Babylon!Sit on the ground, not on a throne,O daughter of the Babylonians!Indeed,[b] you will no longer be called delicate and pampered.2 Pick up millstones and grind flour.Remove your veil,strip off your skirt,expose your legs,cross the streams.3 Let your naked body be exposed.Your shame will be on display![c]I will get revenge;I will not have pity on anyone,”[d]4 says our Protector—the Lord of Heaven’s Armies is his name,the Holy One of Israel.[e]5 “Sit silently! Go to a hiding place,[f]O daughter of the Babylonians!Indeed,[g] you will no longer be called ‘Queen of kingdoms.’6 I was angry at my people;I defiled my special possessionand handed them over to you.You showed them no mercy;[h]you even placed a very heavy burden on old people.[i]7 You said,‘I will rule forever as permanent queen!’[j]You did not think about these things;[k]you did not consider how it would turn out.[l]8 So now, listen to this,O one who lives so lavishly,[m]who lives securely,who says to herself,[n]‘I am unique! No one can compare to me![o]I will never have to live as a widow;I will never lose my children.’[p]9 Both of these will come upon yousuddenly, in one day!You will lose your children and be widowed.[q]You will be overwhelmed by these tragedies,[r]despite[s] your many incantationsand your numerous amulets.[t]10 You were complacent in your evil deeds;[u]you thought,[v] ‘No one sees me.’Your self-professed[w] wisdom and knowledge lead you astray,when you say, ‘I am unique! No one can compare to me!’[