⁹ We tried to cure Babylon,
    but she was beyond help.
Let’s depart from her
    and return to your own country, each of you.
Her punishment reaches to heaven
    and extends to the clouds.
¹⁰ The Lord has come to our defense,
    so let’s declare in Zion
        what the Lord our God has done!

¹¹ Sharpen your arrows;
    prepare your shields.
The Lord is stirring up
    the spirit of kings from Media.
    He intends to destroy Babylon;
    this is the Lord’s retribution,
        a day of reckoning for his temple.