9. We tried to cure Babylon,but she was beyond help.Let’s depart from herand return to your own country,each of you.Her punishment reaches to heavenand extends to the clouds.
10. The Lord has come to our defense,so let’s declare in Zionwhat the Lord our God has done!
11. Sharpen your arrows;prepare your shields.The Lord is stirring upthe spirit of kings from Media.He intends to destroy Babylon;this is the Lord’s retribution,a day of reckoning for his temple.
12. Set up a flag on the walls of Babylon,fortify the guards,post watchmen,prepare an ambush,because the Lord has a planagainst the inhabitants of Babylon.He will accomplish it,just as he said he would.
13. You live beside a great river,and you are rich in treasures.But your time has come;your cruelty has caught up with you.