Jeremiah 51:11-28

New International Version

¹¹ “Sharpen the arrows,^(A)
    take up the shields!^(B)
The Lord has stirred up the kings^(C) of the Medes,^(D)
    because his purpose^(E) is to destroy Babylon.
The Lord will take vengeance,^(F)
    vengeance for his temple.^(G)
12 Lift up a banner^(H) against the walls of Babylon!
    Reinforce the guard,
station the watchmen,^(I)
    prepare an ambush!^(J)
The Lord will carry out his purpose,^(K)
    his decree against the people of Babylon.
¹³ You who live by many waters^(L)
    and are rich in treasures,^(M)
your end has come,
    the time for you to be destroyed.^(N)
14 The Lord Almighty has sworn by himself:^(O)
    I will surely fill you with troops, as with a swarm of locusts,^(P)
    and they will shout^(Q) in triumph over you.

¹⁵ “He made the earth by his power;
    he founded the world by his wisdom^(R)
    and stretched^(S) out the heavens by his understanding.^(T)
16 When he thunders,^(U) the waters in the heavens roar;
    he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth.
He sends lightning with the rain^(V)
    and brings out the wind from his storehouses.^(W)

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

²⁰ “You are my war club,^(AB)
    my weapon for battle—
with you I shatter^(AC) nations,^(AD)
    with you I destroy kingdoms,
²¹ with you I shatter horse and rider,^(AE)
    with you I shatter chariot^(AF) 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,^(AG)
23 with you I shatter shepherd and flock,
    with you I shatter farmer and oxen,
    with you I shatter governors and officials.^(AH)

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

²⁷ “Lift up a banner^(AP) in the land!
    Blow the trumpet among the nations!
Prepare the nations for battle against her;
    summon against her these kingdoms:^(AQ)
    Ararat,^(AR) Minni and Ashkenaz.^(AS)
Appoint a commander against her;
    send up horses like a swarm of locusts.^(AT)
28 Prepare the nations for battle against her—
    the kings of the Medes,^(AU)
their governors and all their officials,
    and all the countries they rule.^(AV)