Lexicon :: Strong's H1323 - baṯ

The Daughter of Zion (Jerusalem) is left like a [deserted] shelter in a vineyard,

Like a watchman’s hut in a cucumber field, like a besieged city [isolated, surrounded by devastation].

Moreover, the LORD said, “Because the daughters of Zion are proud

And walk with outstretched necks and seductive (flirtatious, alluring) eyes,

And trip along with mincing steps and an affected gait

And walk with jingling [fn]anklets on their feet,

Cry aloud with your voice [in consternation], O Daughter of Gallim!

Pay attention, Laishah! Answer her, Anathoth!

Yet today the Assyrian will halt at Nob [the city of priests];

He shakes his fist at the mountain of the Daughter of Zion, at the hill of Jerusalem.

But desert creatures will lie down there,

And their houses will be full of owls;

Ostriches also will live there, and [fn]wild goats will dance there.

Send lambs to the ruler of the land [[fn]you Moabites],

From Sela [that is, Petra in Edom] through the wilderness to the mountain of the Daughter of Zion (Jerusalem).

Therefore I say, “Look away from me;

Let me weep bitterly.

Do not try to comfort me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

Overflow your land like [the overflow of] the Nile, O Daughter of Tarshish;

There is no more restraint [on you to make you pay tribute to Tyre].

He has said, “You shall never again exult [in triumph], O crushed Virgin Daughter of Sidon.

Arise, cross over to Cyprus; even there you will find no rest.”

Rise up, you women who are carefree,

And hear my voice,

You confident and unsuspecting daughters!

Listen to what I am saying.

Thorns will come up in its fortified palaces,

Nettles and brambles in its fortified cities;

It will be a haunt for jackals,

An abode for ostriches.

“She has shown contempt for you and mocked you,

The Virgin Daughter of Zion (Jerusalem);

She has shaken her head behind you,

The Daughter of Jerusalem!

“I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’

And to the south, ‘Do not hold them back.’

Bring My sons from far way

And My daughters from the ends of the earth,

“The beasts of the field will honor Me,

Jackals and ostriches,

Because I have given waters in the wilderness

And rivers in the desert,

To give drink to My people, My chosen.

“Come down and sit in the dust,

O virgin daughter of Babylon;

Sit on the ground [in abject humiliation]; there is no throne for you,

O daughter of the [fn]Chaldeans,

For you will no longer be called tender and delicate.

“Sit in silence, and go into darkness,

O daughter of the Chaldeans;

For you will no longer be called

The queen of kingdoms.

This is what the Lord GOD says,

“Listen carefully, I will lift up My hand to the [Gentile] nations

And set up My banner to the peoples;

And they will bring your sons in the fold of their garments,

And your daughters will be carried on their shoulders.

Shake yourself from the dust, arise,

O captive Jerusalem;

Rid yourself of the chains around your neck,

O captive Daughter of Zion.

To them I will give in My house and within My walls a memorial,

And a name better than that of sons and daughters;

I will give them an everlasting name which will not be cut off.

“Lift up your eyes around you and see;

They all gather together, they come to you.

Your sons will come from far away,

And your daughters will be looked after at their side.

Listen carefully, the LORD has proclaimed to the end of the earth,

Say to the Daughter of Zion, “Look now, your salvation is coming [in the LORD];

Indeed, His reward is with Him, and His restitution accompanies Him.”