⁹ “Foreigners in Babylon say, ‘We tried to heal Babylon,
    but she cannot be healed.
So let us leave her and each go to his own country.
    Babylon’s punishment is as high as the sky;
    it reaches to the clouds.’

¹⁰ “The people of Judah say, ‘The Lord has shown us to be right.
    Come, let us tell in Jerusalem
    what the Lord our God has done.’

¹¹ “Sharpen the arrows!
    Pick up your shields!
The Lord has stirred up the kings of the Medes,
    because he wants to destroy Babylon.
The Lord will punish them as they deserve
    for destroying his Temple.