Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Babylon » As a power, was » Grand and stately
Virgin Daughter Babylon.
Sit on the ground without a throne,
Daughter Chaldea!
For you will no longer be called pampered and spoiled.
sit in silence
For you will no longer be called mistress of kingdoms.
Mills » Illustrative » (grinding at,) of degradation, &c
"Go down and sit in the dust, Virgin Daughter Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, Daughter Chaldea! For you will no longer be called pampered and spoiled. Take millstones and grind meal; remove your veil, strip off [your] skirt, bare your thigh, wade through the streams.