41 “Oh, how ^aSheshach is taken!
Oh, how ^bthe praise of the whole earth is seized!
How Babylon has become desolate among the nations! ‡

42 ^aThe sea has come up over Babylon;
She is covered with the multitude of its waves. ‡

44 I will punish ^aBel in Babylon,
And I will bring out of his mouth what he has swallowed;
And the nations shall not stream to him anymore.
Yes, ^bthe wall of Babylon shall fall. ‡

45 “My^a people, go out of the midst of her!
And let everyone deliver¹ himself from the fierce anger of the Lord. ‡