6. “Run away from Babylonand save your lives!Don’t stay and be killed because of Babylon’s sins.It is time for the Lord to punish Babylon;he will give Babylon the punishment she deserves.
7. Babylon was like a gold cup in the Lord’s handthat made the whole earth drunk.The nations drank Babylon’s wine,so they went crazy.
8. Babylon has suddenly fallen and been broken.Cry for her!Get balm for her pain,and maybe she can be healed.
9. “Foreigners in Babylon say, ‘We tried to heal Babylon,but she cannot be healed.So let us leave her and each go to his own country.Babylon’s punishment is as high as the sky;it reaches to the clouds.’
10. “The people of Judah say, ‘The Lord has shown us to be right.Come, let us tell in Jerusalemwhat the Lord our God has done.’