16  He made many stumble, ^fand they fell,

and they said one to another,

‘Arise, and let us go back to our own people

and to the land of our birth,

^gbecause of the sword of the oppressor.’

16  Cut off from Babylon the sower,

and the one who handles the sickle in time of harvest;

^jbecause of the sword of the oppressor,

^kevery one shall turn to his own people,

and every one shall flee to his own land.