²⁹ If only they were wise and would understand this^(A)
    and discern what their end will be!^(B)

⁷ You said, ‘I am forever^(A)—
    the eternal queen!’^(B)
But you did not consider these things
    or reflect^(C) on what might happen.^(D)

¹⁸ Say to the king^(A) and to the queen mother,^(B)
    “Come down from your thrones,
for your glorious crowns^(C)
    will fall from your heads.”