⁸ “Flee^(A) out of Babylon;^(B)
    leave the land of the Babylonians,
    and be like the goats that lead the flock.

⁶ “Flee^(A) from Babylon!
    Run for your lives!
    Do not be destroyed because of her sins.^(B)
It is time^(C) for the Lord’s vengeance;^(D)
    he will repay^(E) her what she deserves.

²⁰ Leave Babylon,
    flee^(A) from the Babylonians!
Announce this with shouts of joy^(B)
    and proclaim it.
Send it out to the ends of the earth;^(C)
    say, “The Lord has redeemed^(D) his servant Jacob.”

“‘Come out of her, my people,’^[a](A)
    so that you will not share in her sins,
    so that you will not receive any of her plagues;^(B)

⁴⁵ “Come out^(A) of her, my people!
    Run^(B) for your lives!
    Run from the fierce anger^(C) of the Lord.

“Come out from them^(A)
    and be separate,
says the Lord.
Touch no unclean thing,
    and I will receive you.”^[a](B)

52 Awake, awake,^(A) Zion,
    clothe yourself with strength!^(B)
Put on your garments of splendor,^(C)
    Jerusalem, the holy city.^(D)
The uncircumcised^(E) and defiled^(F)
    will not enter you again.^(G)

³¹ a strutting rooster, a he-goat,
    and a king secure against revolt.^[a]