Jeremiah 51:22–28

²²With you I will smash man and woman;^a

with you I will smash the old man and the youth;

with you I will smash the young man and the young woman.

²³With you I will smash the shepherd and his flock;

with you I will smash the farmer and his ox-team.^B

With you I will smash governors and officials.

²⁴“Before your very eyes, I will repay Babylon and all the residents of Chaldea for all their evil they have done in Zion.”^b

This is the Lord’s declaration.

²⁵Look, I am against you, devastating mountain.

This is the Lord’s declaration.

You devastate the whole earth.

I will stretch out my hand against you,^c

roll you down from the cliffs,

and turn you into a charred mountain.

²⁶No one will be able to retrieve a cornerstone

or a foundation stone from you,

because you will become desolate forever.

This is the Lord’s declaration.

²⁷Raise a signal flag^d in the land;

blow a trumpet among the nations;^e

set apart the nations against her.^f

Summon kingdoms against her—

Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.

Appoint a marshal against her;

bring up horses like a swarm^C of locusts.

²⁸Set apart the nations for battle against her—

the kings of Media,

her governors and all her officials,

and all the lands they rule.