⁴¹ “Behold,^(A) a people shall come from the north,
And a great nation and many kings
Shall be raised up from the ends of the earth.

^27 (A)Set up a banner in the land,
Blow the trumpet among the nations!
^(B)Prepare the nations against her,
Call ^(C)the kingdoms together against her:
Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.
Appoint a general against her;
Cause the horses to come up like the bristling locusts.
²⁸ Prepare against her the nations,
With the kings of the Medes,
Its governors and all its rulers,
All the land of his dominion.

“Behold, a people comes from the ^(A)north country,
And a great nation will be raised from the farthest parts of the earth.
²³ They will lay hold on bow and spear;
They are cruel and have no mercy;
Their voice ^(B)roars like the sea;
And they ride on horses,
As men of war set in array against you, O daughter of Zion.”

² “Lift^(A) up a banner ^(B)on the high mountain,
Raise your voice to them;
^(C)Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.
³ I have commanded My ^[a]sanctified ones;
I have also called ^(D)My mighty ones for My anger—
Those who ^(E)rejoice in My exaltation.”

⁴ The ^(F)noise of a multitude in the mountains,
Like that of many people!
A tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together!
The Lord of hosts musters
The army for battle.
⁵ They come from a far country,
From the end of heaven—
The ^(G)Lord and His ^[b]weapons of indignation,
To destroy the whole ^(H)land.

^11 (A)Make^[a] the arrows bright!
Gather the shields!
^(B)The Lord has raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes.
^(C)For His plan is against Babylon to destroy it,
Because it is ^(D)the vengeance of the Lord,
The vengeance for His temple.

“Behold, I will raise up against ^(A)Babylon,
Against those who dwell in ^[a]Leb Kamai,
^(B)A destroying wind.
² And I will send ^(C)winnowers to Babylon,
Who shall winnow her and empty her land.
^(D)For in the day of doom
They shall be against her all around.

² “Declare among the nations,
Proclaim, and ^[a]set up a standard;
Proclaim—do not conceal it—
Say, ‘Babylon is ^(A)taken, ^(B)Bel is shamed.
^[b]Merodach is broken in pieces;
^(C)Her idols are humiliated,
Her images are broken in pieces.’
^3 (D)For out of the north ^(E)a nation comes up against her,
Which shall make her land desolate,
And no one shall dwell therein.
They shall ^[c]move, they shall depart,
Both man and beast.