¹⁴ And like a hunted gazelle,
    or like sheep with none to gather them,
^(A)each will turn to his own people,
    and each will flee to his own land.

¹⁶ Cut off from Babylon the sower,
    and the one who handles the sickle in time of harvest;
^(A)because of the sword of the oppressor,
    ^(B)every one shall turn to his own people,
    and every one shall flee to his own land.

⁹ We would have healed Babylon,
    but she was not healed.
^(A)Forsake her, and ^(B)let us go
    each to his own country,
for ^(C)her judgment has reached up to heaven
    and has been lifted up even to the skies.

¹⁵ Such to you are those with whom you have labored,
    who have done business with you from your youth;
they wander about, each in his own direction;
    there is no one to save you.

^13 (A)The nations roar like the roaring of many waters,
    ^(B)but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far away,
chased ^(C)like chaff on the mountains before the wind
    and ^(D)whirling dust before the storm.