⁷ Babylon was a gold cup^(A) 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^(B) and be broken.
    Wail over her!
Get balm^(C) for her pain;
    perhaps she can be healed.

⁹ “‘We would have healed Babylon,
    but she cannot be healed;
let us leave^(D) her and each go to our own land,
    for her judgment^(E) reaches to the skies,
    it rises as high as the heavens.’

¹⁰ “‘The Lord has vindicated^(F) us;
    come, let us tell in Zion
    what the Lord our God has done.’^(G)

⁴⁷ For the time will surely come
    when I will punish the idols^(A) of Babylon;
her whole land will be disgraced^(B)
    and her slain will all lie fallen within her.^(C)
48 Then heaven and earth and all that is in them
    will shout^(D) for joy over Babylon,
for out of the north^(E)
    destroyers^(F) will attack her,”
declares the Lord.

⁴⁹ “Babylon must fall because of Israel’s slain,
    just as the slain in all the earth
    have fallen because of Babylon.^(G)
50 You who have escaped the sword,
    leave^(H) and do not linger!
Remember^(I) the Lord in a distant land,^(J)
    and call to mind Jerusalem.”

⁵¹ “We are disgraced,^(K)
    for we have been insulted
    and shame covers our faces,
because foreigners have entered
    the holy places of the Lord’s house.”^(L)

⁵² “But days are coming,” declares the Lord,
    “when I will punish her idols,^(M)
and throughout her land
    the wounded will groan.^(N)
53 Even if Babylon ascends to the heavens^(O)
    and fortifies her lofty stronghold,
    I will send destroyers^(P) against her,”
declares the Lord.

⁵⁴ “The sound of a cry^(Q) comes from Babylon,
    the sound of great destruction^(R)
    from the land of the Babylonians.^[a]
55 The Lord will destroy Babylon;
    he will silence^(S) her noisy din.
Waves^(T) of enemies will rage like great waters;
    the roar of their voices will resound.
⁵⁶ A destroyer^(U) will come against Babylon;
    her warriors will be captured,
    and their bows will be broken.^(V)
For the Lord is a God of retribution;
    he will repay^(W) in full.
⁵⁷ I will make her officials^(X) and wise^(Y) men drunk,^(Z)
    her governors, officers and warriors as well;
they will sleep^(AA) forever and not awake,”
    declares the King,^(AB) whose name is the Lord Almighty.

“Babylon’s thick wall^(AC) will be leveled
    and her high gates^(AD) set on fire;
the peoples^(AE) exhaust^(AF) themselves for nothing,
    the nations’ labor is only fuel for the flames.”^(AG)