4. They will fall down slain in Babylon, fatally wounded in her streets.
5. For Israel and Judah have not been forsaken by their God, the Lord Almighty, though their land is full of guilt before the Holy One of Israel.
6. “Flee from Babylon! Run for your lives! Do not be destroyed because of her sins. It is time for the Lord’s vengeance; he will repay her what she deserves.
7. Babylon was a gold cup in the Lord’s hand; she made the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore they have now gone mad.
8. Babylon will suddenly fall and be broken. Wail over her! Get balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.
9. “ ‘We would have healed Babylon, but she cannot be healed; let us leave her and each go to our own land, for her judgment reaches to the skies, it rises as high as the heavens.’
10. “ ‘The Lord has vindicated us; come, let us tell in Zion what the Lord our God has done.’