Jeremiah 51:22–28

²²With you I will shatter men and women,

old people and children,

young men and young women.

²³With you I will shatter shepherds and flocks,

farmers and oxen,

captains and officers.

²⁴“I will repay Babylon

and the people of Babylonia

for all the wrong they have done

to my people in Jerusalem,” says the Lord.

²⁵“Look, O mighty mountain, destroyer of the earth!

I am your enemy,” says the Lord.

“I will raise my fist against you,

to knock you down from the heights.

When I am finished,

you will be nothing but a heap of burnt rubble.

²⁶You will be desolate forever.

Even your stones will never again be used for building.

You will be completely wiped out,”

says the Lord.

²⁷Raise a signal flag to the nations.

Sound the battle cry!

Mobilize them all against Babylon.

Prepare them to fight against her!

Bring out the armies of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.

Appoint a commander,

and bring a multitude of horses like swarming locusts!

²⁸Bring against her the armies of the nations—

led by the kings of the Medes

and all their captains and officers.