⁹ We tried to heal Babylon,
but she could not be healed.
Abandon her!
Let each of us go to his own land,^(A)
for her judgement extends to the sky
and reaches as far as the clouds.^(B)

7 when I heal Israel,^(A)
the iniquity of Ephraim^(B) and the crimes of Samaria^(C)
will be exposed.
For they practise fraud;^(D)
a thief breaks in;
a raiding party pillages outside.^(E)