⁹ “‘We would have healed Babylon,
    but she cannot be healed;
let us leave^(A) her and each go to our own land,
    for her judgment^(B) reaches to the skies,
    it rises as high as the heavens.’

¹⁰ “‘The Lord has vindicated^(C) us;
    come, let us tell in Zion
    what the Lord our God has done.’^(D)

¹¹ “Sharpen the arrows,^(E)
    take up the shields!^(F)
The Lord has stirred up the kings^(G) of the Medes,^(H)
    because his purpose^(I) is to destroy Babylon.
The Lord will take vengeance,^(J)
    vengeance for his temple.^(K)