Thus saith the Lord;

Behold, I will raise up against Babylon,

And against them that dwell in the †midst of athem that rise up against me,

bA destroying wind;

2  And will send unto Babylon cfanners, that shall fan her,

And shall empty her land:

For din the day of trouble they shall be against her eround about.

3  Against fhim that bendeth elet the archer bend his bow,

And against fhim that lifteth himself up in his gbrigandine:

And spare ye not her young men;

hDestroy ye utterly all her host.

4  Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans,

And they that are ithrust through kin her streets.

5  For lIsrael hath not been forsaken,

Nor Judah of his God, of the Lord of hosts;

Though their land was filled with sin

Against the Holy One of Israel.

6  mnFlee out of the midst of Babylon,

nAnd deliver every man his soul:

Be not ocut off in her iniquity;

For pthis is the time of the Lord’s vengeance;

qHe will render unto her a recompence.

7  Babylon hath been ra golden cup in the Lord’s hand,

That made all the earth drunken:

sThe nations have drunken of her wine;

Therefore the nations tare mad.

8  uBabylon is vsuddenly fallen and destroyed:

wHowl for her;

xTake balm for her pain,

If so be she may be healed.

9  We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed:

mForsake her, and ylet us go every one into his own country:

For her judgment zreacheth aunto heaven,

And is lifted up even to athe skies.

10  The Lord bhath brought forth cour righteousness:

Come, and dlet us declare in Zion

The work of the Lord our God.

11  eMake †bright the arrows; gather fthe shields:

gThe Lord hath raised up the spirit of the kings of hthe Medes:

For ihis device is against Babylon, to destroy it;

kBecause it is the vengeance of the Lord,

kThe vengeance of his temple.