<p class="poetry">He decorates it with overlays of silver and gold.p> <p class="poetry">He uses hammer and nails to fasten it<n id="1" /> togetherp> <p class="poetry">so that it will not fall over.p>

The captain of the royal guard took the gold and silver bowls, censers,<n id="1" /> basins, pots, lampstands, pans, and vessels.<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">Hammered-out silver is brought from Tarshish<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and gold is brought from Uphaz<n id="2" /> to cover those idols.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">They are the handiwork of carpenters and goldsmiths.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">They are clothed in blue and purple clothes.<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">They are all made by skillful workers.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">Babylonia had been a gold cup in the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s hand.p> <p class="poetry">She had made the whole world drunk.p> <p class="poetry">The nations had drunk from the wine of her wrath.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">So they have all gone mad.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">And you, Zion, city doomed to destruction,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you accomplish nothing<n id="2" /> by wearing a beautiful dress,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">decking yourself out in jewels of gold,p> <p class="poetry">and putting on eye shadow!<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">You are making yourself beautiful for nothing.p> <p class="poetry">Your lovers spurn you.p> <p class="poetry">They want to kill you.<n id="5" />p>