2  “Declare among the nations and proclaim,

set up a banner and proclaim,

conceal it not, and say:

^e‘Babylon is taken,

^fBel is put to shame,

Merodach is dismayed.

^eHer images are put to shame,

her idols are dismayed.’

44  And I will punish ^pBel in Babylon,

and ^qtake out of his mouth ^rwhat he has swallowed.

^sThe nations shall no longer flow to him;

^tthe wall of Babylon has fallen.

9  And behold, here come riders,

horsemen in pairs!”

^fAnd he answered,

^g“Fallen, fallen is Babylon;

^hand all the carved images of her gods

he has shattered to the ground.”