25 “I am againste you, you destroying mountain,

you who destroy the whole earth,”f

declares the Lord.

“I will stretch out my handg against you,

roll you off the cliffs,

and make you a burned-out mountain.h

26 No rock will be taken from you for a cornerstone,

nor any stone for a foundation,

for you will be desolatei forever,”

declares the Lord.

27 “Lift up a bannerj in the land!

Blow the trumpet among the nations!

Prepare the nations for battle against her;

summon against her these kingdoms:k

Ararat,l Minni and Ashkenaz.m

Appoint a commander against her;

send up horses like a swarm of locusts.n

28 Prepare the nations for battle against her—

the kings of the Medes,o

their governors and all their officials,

and all the countries they rule.p

29 The land tremblesq and writhes,

for the Lord’s purposesr against Babylon stand—

to lay wastes the land of Babylon

so that no one will live there.t