^5 (A)Sit in silence, and go into darkness,
    O daughter of ^(B)the Chaldeans;
for you shall no more be called
    ^(C)the mistress of kingdoms.

⁸ Now therefore hear this, ^(A)you lover of pleasures,
    ^(B)who sit securely,
who say in your heart,
    ^(C)“I am, and there is no one besides me;
^(D)I shall not sit as a widow
    or know the loss of children”: