²⁵ “I have stirred^(A) up one from the north,^(B) and he comes—
    one from the rising sun who calls on my name.
He treads^(C) on rulers as if they were mortar,
    as if he were a potter treading the clay.

“Look, an army is coming
    from the land of the north;^(A)
a great nation is being stirred up
    from the ends of the earth.^(B)

²² Listen! The report is coming—
    a great commotion from the land of the north!^(A)
It will make the towns of Judah desolate,^(B)
    a haunt of jackals.^(C)

²⁰ Look up and see
    those who are coming from the north.^(A)
Where is the flock^(B) that was entrusted to you,
    the sheep of which you boasted?