3 Let not the archer string his bow,nor let him put on his armour.Do not spare her young men;completely destroy her army.
4 They will fall down slain in Babylon,fatally wounded in her streets.
5 For Israel and Judah have not been forsakenby their God, the Lord Almighty,though their land is full of guiltbefore 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.”