¹This is what the LORD says: ²I will send strangers to Babylon ³Do not let the archer bend his bow ⁴And they will fall slain in the land of the Chaldeans, ⁵For Israel and Judah have not been abandoned ⁶Flee from Babylon! Escape with your lives! ⁷Babylon was a gold cup in the hand of the LORD, ⁸Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. ⁹“We tried to heal Babylon, ¹⁰“The LORD has brought forth our vindication; ¹¹Sharpen the arrows! ¹²Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon; ¹³You who dwell by many waters, ¹⁴The LORD of Hosts has sworn by Himself: