“Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.”
The command 'Remove your veil, lift your skirts, expose your legs' humiliates Babylon through imagery of forcible exposure, depicting conquest as sexual violation and psychological trauma. The prophet does not shy from graphic language to articulate the totality of Babylon's coming judgment. This verse's violence of language matches the violence of conquest, making Babylon's punishment poetic retribution for her treatment of captives. The exposure image also inverts religious symbolism, stripping Babylon of the dignity she assumed.
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