¹⁶ Cut off from Babylon the sower,
    and the one who handles the sickle in time of harvest;
^(A)because of the sword of the oppressor,
    ^(B)every one shall turn to his own people,
    and every one shall flee to his own land.

⁹ We would have healed Babylon,
    but she was not healed.
^(A)Forsake her, and ^(B)let us go
    each to his own country,
for ^(C)her judgment has reached up to heaven
    and has been lifted up even to the skies.