Jeremiah 51:22–28

²²I use you to smash men and women.

I use you to smash old people and young people.

I use you to smash young men and young women.

²³I use you to smash shepherds and flocks.

I use you to smash farmers and oxen.

I use you to smash governors and officers.

²⁴“But I will pay back Babylon and all the Babylonians for all the evil things they did to Jerusalem in your sight,” says the Lord.

²⁵The Lord says,

“Babylon, you are a destroying mountain,

and I am against you.

You have destroyed the whole land.

I will put my hand out against you.

I will roll you off the cliffs,

and I will make you a burned-out mountain.

²⁶People will not find any rocks in Babylon big enough for cornerstones.

People will not take any rocks from Babylon to use for the foundation of a building,

because your city will be just a pile of ruins forever,” says the Lord.

²⁷“Lift up a banner in the land!

Blow the trumpet among the nations!

Get the nations ready for battle against Babylon.

Call these kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz to fight against her.

Choose a commander to lead the army against Babylon.

Send so many horses that they are like a swarm of locusts.

²⁸Get the nations ready for battle against Babylon—

the kings of the Medes,

their governors and all their officers,

and all the countries they rule.