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We tried to heal Babylon,
    but she cannot be healed.
Leave her and let us depart,
    each one to his own land.
For her judgment reaches up to heaven
    and touches the clouds.
10 The Lord has made clear our vindication.
    Come, let us proclaim in Zion
    what the Lord, our God, has done.
11 Sharpen the arrows;
    fill the quivers.
The Lord has stirred up
    the spirit of the kings of the Medes
    because he is determined to destroy Babylon.
This will be the vengeance of the Lord,
    vengeance for his temple.

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