⁴ A ^(A)sound of tumult on the mountains,
Like that of many people!
A sound of the rumbling of kingdoms,
Of nations gathered together!
Yahweh of hosts is mustering the host for battle.
⁵ They are coming from a far country,
From the ^(B)end of the sky,
Yahweh and His instruments of ^(C)indignation,
To ^(D)wreak destruction on the whole land.

²¹ “Against the land of ^[a]Merathaim, go up against it,
And against the inhabitants of ^[b](A)Pekod.
Put them to the sword and ^[c]devote them to destruction,” declares Yahweh,
“And do according to all that I have commanded you.
²² The ^(B)noise of battle is in the land,
And great destruction.
²³ How the ^(C)hammer of the whole earth
Has been cut in pieces and broken!
How Babylon has become
An object of horror among the nations!
²⁴ I ^(D)set a snare for you, and you were also ^(E)caught, O Babylon,
But you yourself did not know;
You have been found and also seized
Because you have engaged in ^(F)conflict with Yahweh.”
²⁵ Yahweh has opened His armory
And has brought forth the ^(G)weapons of His indignation,
For it is a ^(H)work of Lord Yahweh of hosts
In the land of the Chaldeans.
²⁶ Come to her from the ^[d]farthest border;
^(I)Open up her barns;
Pile her up like heaps,
And ^[e](J)devote her to destruction;
Let nothing of her remain.
^27 (K)Put all her young bulls to the sword;
Let them ^(L)go down to the slaughter!
Woe be upon them, for their ^(M)day has come,
The time of their punishment.