Jeremiah 51:27–33

27 Raise a banner in the land;

blow a horn among the nations;

prepare for holy war against her;

summon the nations against her,

the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz;

summon against her an official;

bring up horsesj like bristling creeping locusts.k

28 Prepare the nations for holy war against her,

the kings of the Medes,

with their governors and all their officials,

and every land of their dominion.

29 And the land quakes and writhes,

for the plans of Yahweh against Babylon stand,

to make the land of Babylon as a horror,

⌊without⌋l inhabitant.

30 The warriors of Babylon have ceased to fight,

they remain in the strongholds,

their power has dried up,

they have become as women.

Her dwelling places are set on fire,

her bars are broken.

31 one runner runs to meet another runner,

and one messenger to meet another messenger,

to tell the king of Babylon that his city has been captured,

⌊from end to end⌋.m

32 And the fords have been seized,

and the reed marshes have been burned with fire,

and ⌊the soldiers⌋n are horrified.

33 For thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel,

“The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor

at the time it is trodden down,

⌊just a little while⌋o

and the time of the harvest will come for her.”