A. (v.1) Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon — 1
B. (vv.2-3) There is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans — 2-3
C. (v.5) Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans — 5
B'. (v.6) God's wrath against His people; subjection to Babylon — 6
A'. (v.7) Thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever — 7
A. (v.8a) Thou that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me — 8
B. (v.8b) I shall not sit as a widow
C. (v.8c) Neither shall I know the loss of children
D. (vv.8d-9) CENTER — But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day — 9
C'. (v.9b) The loss of children
B'. (v.9c) And widowhood
A'. (v.10) Thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me — 10