6  ^u“Flee from the midst of Babylon;

let every one save his life!

^vBe not cut off in her punishment,

^wfor this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance,

the repayment he is rendering her.

7  Babylon was ^xa golden cup in the Lord’s hand,

^ymaking all the earth drunken;

^zthe nations drank of her wine;

therefore the nations went mad.

8  ^aSuddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken;

^bwail for her!

^cTake balm for her pain;

perhaps she may be healed.

9  We would have healed Babylon,

but she was not healed.

^dForsake her, and ^elet us go

each to his own country,

for ^fher judgment has reached up to heaven

and has been lifted up even to the skies.

45  “Go out of the midst of her, ^umy people!

Let every one save his life

from ^vthe fierce anger of the Lord!