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“Flee out of the middle of Babylon!
    Everyone save his own life!
Don’t be cut off in her iniquity;
    for it is the time of Yahweh’s vengeance.
    He will render to her a recompense.
Babylon has been a golden cup in Yahweh’s hand,
    who made all the earth drunk.
The nations have drunk of her wine;
    therefore the nations have gone mad.
Babylon has suddenly fallen and been destroyed!
    Wail for her!
Take balm for her pain.
    Perhaps she may be healed.

“We would have healed Babylon,
    but she is not healed.
Forsake her,
    and let’s each go into his own country;
for her judgment reaches to heaven,
    and is lifted up even to the skies.
10 ‘Yahweh has produced our righteousness:
    come, and let’s declare in Zion the work of Yahweh our God.’

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Flee from the midst of Babylon;
    save your lives, each of you!
Do not perish because of her guilt,
    for this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance;
    he is repaying her what is due.(A)
Babylon was a golden cup in the Lord’s hand,
    making all the earth drunken;
the nations drank of her wine,
    and so the nations went mad.(B)
Suddenly Babylon has fallen and is shattered;
    wail for her!
Bring balm for her wound;
    perhaps she may be healed.(C)
We tried to heal Babylon,
    but she could not be healed.
Forsake her, and let each of us go
    to our own country,
for her judgment has reached up to heaven
    and has been lifted up even to the skies.(D)
10 The Lord has brought forth our vindication;
    come, let us declare in Zion
    the work of the Lord our God.(E)

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