⁷ The burning sand will become a pool,
    the thirsty ground^(A) bubbling springs.^(B)
In the haunts where jackals^(C) once lay,
    grass and reeds^(D) and papyrus will grow.

¹⁰ They will neither hunger nor thirst,^(A)
    nor will the desert heat or the sun beat down on them.^(B)
He who has compassion^(C) on them will guide^(D) them
    and lead them beside springs^(E) of water.

¹³ Thorns^(A) will overrun her citadels,
    nettles and brambles her strongholds.^(B)
She will become a haunt for jackals,^(C)
    a home for owls.^(D)

²² Hyenas^(A) will inhabit her strongholds,^(B)
    jackals^(C) her luxurious palaces.
Her time is at hand,^(D)
    and her days will not be prolonged.^(E)

“‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!’^[a](A)
    She has become a dwelling for demons
and a haunt for every impure spirit,^(B)
    a haunt for every unclean bird,
    a haunt for every unclean and detestable animal.^(C)

“Now have come the salvation^(G) and the power
    and the kingdom of our God,
    and the authority of his Messiah.
For the accuser of our brothers and sisters,^(H)
    who accuses them before our God day and night,
    has been hurled down.
¹¹ They triumphed over^(I) him
    by the blood of the Lamb^(J)
    and by the word of their testimony;^(K)
they did not love their lives so much
    as to shrink from death.^(L)
12 Therefore rejoice, you heavens^(M)
    and you who dwell in them!
But woe^(N) to the earth and the sea,^(O)
    because the devil has gone down to you!
He is filled with fury,
    because he knows that his time is short.”