¹³ Look at the land of the Babylonians,^[a](A)
    this people that is now of no account!
The Assyrians^(B) have made it
    a place for desert creatures;^(C)
they raised up their siege towers,^(D)
    they stripped its fortresses bare
    and turned it into a ruin.^(E)

“‘Woe! Woe to you, great city,^(I)
    dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet,
    and glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls!^(J)
17 In one hour^(K) such great wealth has been brought to ruin!’^(L)

“‘Woe! Woe to you, great city,^(T)
    where all who had ships on the sea
    became rich through her wealth!
In one hour she has been brought to ruin!’^(U)

²⁰ “Rejoice over her, you heavens!^(V)
    Rejoice, you people of God!
    Rejoice, apostles and prophets!
For God has judged her
    with the judgment she imposed on you.”^(W)

“With such violence
    the great city^(Z) of Babylon will be thrown down,
    never to be found again.

“You are worthy^(B) to take the scroll
    and to open its seals,
because you were slain,
    and with your blood^(C) you purchased^(D) for God
    persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.^(E)

²⁹ All who handle the oars
    will abandon their ships;
the mariners and all the sailors
    will stand on the shore.
³⁰ They will raise their voice
    and cry bitterly over you;
they will sprinkle dust^(A) on their heads
    and roll^(B) in ashes.^(C)
31 They will shave their heads^(D) because of you
    and will put on sackcloth.
They will weep^(E) over you with anguish of soul
    and with bitter mourning.^(F)
32 As they wail and mourn over you,
    they will take up a lament^(G) concerning you:
“Who was ever silenced like Tyre,
    surrounded by the sea?^(H)”
³³ When your merchandise went out on the seas,^(I)
    you satisfied many nations;
with your great wealth^(J) and your wares
    you enriched the kings of the earth.
³⁴ Now you are shattered by the sea
    in the depths of the waters;
your wares and all your company
    have gone down with you.^(K)
35 All who live in the coastlands^(L)
    are appalled^(M) at you;
their kings shudder with horror
    and their faces are distorted with fear.^(N)
36 The merchants among the nations scoff at you;^(O)
    you have come to a horrible end
    and will be no more.^(P)’”

³⁴ “Nebuchadnezzar^(A) king of Babylon has devoured^(B) us,^(C)
    he has thrown us into confusion,
    he has made us an empty jar.
Like a serpent he has swallowed us
    and filled his stomach with our delicacies,
    and then has spewed^(D) us out.
³⁵ May the violence^(E) done to our flesh^[a] be on Babylon,”
    say the inhabitants of Zion.
“May our blood be on those who live in Babylonia,”
    says Jerusalem.^(F)

“See, I will defend your cause^(G)
    and avenge^(H) you;
I will dry up^(I) her sea
    and make her springs dry.
³⁷ Babylon will be a heap of ruins,
    a haunt^(J) of jackals,
an object of horror and scorn,^(K)
    a place where no one lives.^(L)

“See, I will stir^(A) up the spirit of a destroyer
    against Babylon^(B) and the people of Leb Kamai.^[a]
2 I will send foreigners^(C) to Babylon
    to winnow^(D) her and to devastate her land;
they will oppose her on every side
    in the day^(E) of her disaster.
³ Let not the archer string his bow,^(F)
    nor let him put on his armor.^(G)
Do not spare her young men;
    completely destroy^[b] her army.
⁴ They will fall^(H) down slain in Babylon,^[c]
    fatally wounded in her streets.^(I)
5 For Israel and Judah have not been forsaken^(J)
    by their God, the Lord Almighty,
though their land^[d] is full of guilt^(K)
    before the Holy One of Israel.

⁶ “Flee^(L) from Babylon!
    Run for your lives!
    Do not be destroyed because of her sins.^(M)
It is time^(N) for the Lord’s vengeance;^(O)
    he will repay^(P) her what she deserves.
⁷ Babylon was a gold cup^(Q) 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^(R) and be broken.
    Wail over her!
Get balm^(S) for her pain;
    perhaps she can be healed.

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

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