⁵ “Sit in silence,^(A) go into darkness,^(B)
    queen city of the Babylonians;^(C)
no more will you be called
    queen^(D) of kingdoms.^(E)

²⁵ So he poured out on them his burning anger,^(A)
    the violence of war.
It enveloped them in flames,^(B) yet they did not understand;^(C)
    it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.^(D)

²¹ Declare what is to be, present it—
    let them take counsel together.
Who foretold^(A) this long ago,
    who declared it from the distant past?^(B)
Was it not I, the Lord?
    And there is no God apart from me,^(C)
a righteous God^(D) and a Savior;^(E)
    there is none but me.