Jeremiah 51:22–28

²²with you I break in pieces man and woman;

with you I break in pieces ^vthe old man and the youth;

with you I break in pieces ^vthe young man and the young woman;

²³with you I break in pieces the shepherd and his flock;

with you I break in pieces the farmer and his team;

with you I break in pieces ^wgovernors and commanders.

^24x“I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea before your very eyes for all the evil that they have done in Zion, declares the Lord.

²⁵“Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain,

declares the Lord,

which destroys the whole earth;

I will stretch out my hand against you,

and roll you down from the crags,

^yand make you a burnt mountain.

²⁶No ^zstone shall be taken from you for a corner

and no stone for a foundation,

but you shall be ^aa perpetual waste,

declares the Lord.

^27b“Set up a standard on the earth;

^cblow the trumpet among the nations;

^dprepare ^ethe nations for war against her;

summon against her ^fthe kingdoms,

^gArarat, Minni, and ^hAshkenaz;

appoint a ⁱmarshal against her;

^jbring up horses like bristling locusts.

^28dPrepare ^ethe nations for war against her,

the kings of ^kthe Medes, ^lwith their governors ^land deputies,

and every ^mland under their dominion.