6  ^u“Flee from the midst of Babylon;

let every one save his life!

^vBe not cut off in her punishment,

^wfor this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance,

the repayment he is rendering her.

7  Babylon was ^xa golden cup in the Lord’s hand,

^ymaking all the earth drunken;

^zthe nations drank of her wine;

therefore the nations went mad.

8  ^aSuddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken;

^bwail for her!

^cTake balm for her pain;

perhaps she may be healed.