Jeremiah 51:15-33

New International Version

¹⁵ “He made the earth by his power;
    he founded the world by his wisdom^(A)
    and stretched^(B) out the heavens by his understanding.^(C)
16 When he thunders,^(D) the waters in the heavens roar;
    he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth.
He sends lightning with the rain^(E)
    and brings out the wind from his storehouses.^(F)

¹⁷ “Everyone is senseless and without knowledge;
    every goldsmith is shamed by his idols.
The images he makes are a fraud;^(G)
    they have no breath in them.
¹⁸ They are worthless,^(H) the objects of mockery;
    when their judgment comes, they will perish.
¹⁹ He who is the Portion^(I) of Jacob is not like these,
    for he is the Maker of all things,
including the people of his inheritance^(J)—
    the Lord Almighty is his name.

²⁰ “You are my war club,^(K)
    my weapon for battle—
with you I shatter^(L) nations,^(M)
    with you I destroy kingdoms,
²¹ with you I shatter horse and rider,^(N)
    with you I shatter chariot^(O) and driver,
²² with you I shatter man and woman,
    with you I shatter old man and youth,
    with you I shatter young man and young woman,^(P)
23 with you I shatter shepherd and flock,
    with you I shatter farmer and oxen,
    with you I shatter governors and officials.^(Q)

²⁵ “I am against^(T) you, you destroying mountain,
    you who destroy the whole earth,”^(U)
declares the Lord.
“I will stretch out my hand^(V) against you,
    roll you off the cliffs,
    and make you a burned-out mountain.^(W)
26 No rock will be taken from you for a cornerstone,
    nor any stone for a foundation,
    for you will be desolate^(X) forever,”
declares the Lord.

²⁷ “Lift up a banner^(Y) in the land!
    Blow the trumpet among the nations!
Prepare the nations for battle against her;
    summon against her these kingdoms:^(Z)
    Ararat,^(AA) Minni and Ashkenaz.^(AB)
Appoint a commander against her;
    send up horses like a swarm of locusts.^(AC)
28 Prepare the nations for battle against her—
    the kings of the Medes,^(AD)
their governors and all their officials,
    and all the countries they rule.^(AE)
29 The land trembles^(AF) and writhes,
    for the Lord’s purposes^(AG) against Babylon stand—
to lay waste^(AH) the land of Babylon
    so that no one will live there.^(AI)
30 Babylon’s warriors^(AJ) have stopped fighting;
    they remain in their strongholds.
Their strength is exhausted;
    they have become weaklings.^(AK)
Her dwellings are set on fire;^(AL)
    the bars^(AM) of her gates are broken.
³¹ One courier^(AN) follows another
    and messenger follows messenger
to announce to the king of Babylon
    that his entire city is captured,^(AO)
32 the river crossings seized,
    the marshes set on fire,^(AP)
    and the soldiers terrified.^(AQ)”

“Daughter Babylon^(AR) is like a threshing floor^(AS)
    at the time it is trampled;
    the time to harvest^(AT) her will soon come.^(AU)”