8. Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed; howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
9. We applied the medicine to Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go each one into his own land; for her judgment is come unto heaven and is lifted up even to the clouds.
10. The Lord has brought our righteousness to light; come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the Lord our God.
11. Make bright the arrows; gather the shields; the Lord has awakened the spirit of the kings of the Medes; for his thought is against Babylon to destroy her; for it is vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance of his temple.
12. Set up the banner upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes; for the Lord has deliberated and shall put into effect that which he spoke against the inhabitants of Babylon.
13. O thou that dwellest among many waters, rich in treasures, thine end is come, the measure of thy covetousness.