^6 (A)“Flee from the midst of Babylon;
    let every one save his life!
^(B)Be not cut off in her punishment,
    ^(C)for this is the time of the Lord's vengeance,
    the repayment he is rendering her.
⁷ Babylon was ^(D)a golden cup in the Lord's hand,
    ^(E)making all the earth drunken;
^(F)the nations drank of her wine;
    therefore the nations went mad.
^8 (G)Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken;
    ^(H)wail for her!
^(I)Take balm for her pain;
    perhaps she may be healed.
⁹ We would have healed Babylon,
    but she was not healed.
^(J)Forsake her, and ^(K)let us go
    each to his own country,
for ^(L)her judgment has reached up to heaven
    and has been lifted up even to the skies.
^10 (M)The Lord has brought about our vindication;
    ^(N)come, let us declare in Zion
    the work of the Lord our God.