And they shall go stedfastly unto Babylon, and make her afraid. They shall come to her, and besiege her, the star and all wrath shall they pour out upon her: then shall the dust and smoke go up unto the heaven, and all they that be about her shall bewail her. And they that remain under her shall do service unto them that have put her in fear. And you, Asia, that are partaker of the hope of Babylon, and are the glory of her person: Woe be unto you, you wretch, because you have made yourself like unto her; and have decked your daughters in whoredom, that they might please and glory in your lovers, which have always desired to commit whoredom with you. You have followed her that is hated in all her works and inventions: therefore says Elohim, I will send plagues upon you; widowhood, poverty, famine, sword, and pestilence, to waste your houses with destruction and death. And the glory of your Power shall be dried up as a flower, the heat shall arise that is sent over you. You shall be weakened as a poor woman with stripes, and as one chastised with wounds, so that the mighty and lovers shall not be able to receive you. Would I with jealousy have so proceeded against you, says Yah-Who-Ah, If you had not always slain my chosen, exalting the stroke of your hands, and saying over their dead, when you were drunken, Set forth the beauty of your countenance? The reward of your whoredom shall be in your bosom, therefore shall you receive recompence. Like as you have done unto my chosen, says Yah-Who-Ah, even so shall Elohim do unto you, and shall deliver you into ruin. Your children shall die of hunger, and you shall fall through the sword: your cities shall be broken down, and all yours shall perish with the sword in the field. They that be in the mountains shall die of hunger, and eat their own flesh, and drink their own blood, for very hunger of bread, and thirst of water. You as unhappy shall come through the sea, and receive plagues again. And in the passage they shall rush on the idle city, and shall destroy some portion of your land, and consume part of your glory, and shall return to Babylon that was destroyed. And you shall be cast down by them as stubble, and they shall be unto you as fire; And shall consume you, and your cities, your land, and your mountains; all your woods and your fruitful trees shall they burn up with fire. Your children shall they carry away captive, and, look, what you have, they shall spoil it, and mar the beauty of your face.
