How Sheshach is captured! And how the praise of the whole earth is seized! How Babylon has become a waste among the nations!

Declare among the nations, proclaim, and lift up a banner. Proclaim and do not hide it; say, Babylon is captured, Bel is ashamed, Merodach is broken in pieces; her images are withered up, her idols are broken in pieces.

And behold, here comes a chariot with a man, and a pair of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon has fallen, has fallen! And all the graven images of her gods He has smashed to the ground.

But these two things shall come to you in a moment in one day: The loss of children, and widowhood. They shall come upon you in their fullness for the multitude of your sorceries, and for the great power of your enchantments.

And another angel followed, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her sexual perversion.

And he cried mightily with a loud voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every unclean spirit, and a cage for every unclean and hated bird!

Therefore her plagues will come in one day; death and mourning and famine. And she will be consumed with fire, for strong is the Lord God who judges her.

Moab is withered up, and it is broken down. Howl and cry! Tell it in Arnon that Moab is plundered.

Therefore I will wail for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab, and shall mourn for the men of Kir-hares.

Howl! For the day of Jehovah is at hand! It shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

Therefore all hands shall be faint, and every man's heart shall melt;

They will make their voice heard because of you; they will cry bitterly and cast dust on their heads; they will wallow in ashes;

And in their wailing for you they will take up a lamentation, and lament for you: What city is like Tyre, destroyed in the midst of the sea?

Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Howl, Alas for the day!

Then the part of the hand was sent from Him, and this writing was written.

And Darius the Mede took the kingdom, being about sixty two years old.

The kings of the earth who prostituted themselves and lived luxuriously with her will weep and lament for her, when they see the smoke of her burning,

And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise anymore:

For in one hour such great riches is come to nothing. Every shipmaster, all who travel by ship, sailors, and as many as trade on the sea, stood at a distance

And they threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and wailing, and saying, Alas, alas, that great city, in which all who had ships on the sea became rich by her wealth! For in one hour she is made desolate.

Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the healing of the daughter of my people not come?

For thus says Jehovah, Your break is incurable, and your wound is making you sick.

All your lovers have forgotten you; they do not seek you. For I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the abundance of your iniquity, because your sins are many.

Go up into Gilead and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt. In vain shall you use many medicines; you shall not be cured.

There is no healing for your fracture; your wound is severe. All who hear the report of you shall clap their hands over you, for on whom has your wickedness not passed continually?