“‘Woe! Woe to you, great city,^(B)
    you mighty city of Babylon!
In one hour^(C) your doom has come!’

“‘Woe! Woe to you, great city,^(C)
    where all who had ships on the sea
    became rich through her wealth!
In one hour she has been brought to ruin!’^(D)

⁸ Therefore in one day^(A) her plagues will overtake her:
    death, mourning and famine.
She will be consumed by fire,^(B)
    for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.

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

“There will be wailing^(A) in all the streets^(B)
    and cries of anguish in every public square.
The farmers^(C) will be summoned to weep
    and the mourners to wail.

¹⁵ Alas for that^(A) day!
    For the day of the Lord^(B) is near;
    it will come like destruction from the Almighty.^[a](C)

⁸ Babylon will suddenly fall^(A) and be broken.
    Wail over her!
Get balm^(B) for her pain;
    perhaps she can be healed.

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