⁶⁴ Pay them back, Lord,
    for all the evil they have done.

⁴ Give them the punishment they so richly deserve!
    Measure it out in proportion to their wickedness.
Pay them back for all their evil deeds!
    Give them a taste of what they have done to others.

²⁰ O Lord of Heaven’s Armies,
you make righteous judgments,
    and you examine the deepest thoughts and secrets.
Let me see your vengeance against them,
    for I have committed my cause to you.

⁶ Do to her as she has done to others.
    Double her penalty^[a] for all her evil deeds.
She brewed a cup of terror for others,
    so brew twice as much^[b] for her.

²⁹ “Send out a call for archers to come to Babylon.
    Surround the city so none can escape.
Do to her as she has done to others,
    for she has defied the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.