27 “Lift up a banner(A) in the land!
    Blow the trumpet among the nations!
Prepare the nations for battle against her;
    summon against her these kingdoms:(B)
    Ararat,(C) Minni and Ashkenaz.(D)
Appoint a commander against her;
    send up horses like a swarm of locusts.(E)
28 Prepare the nations for battle against her—
    the kings of the Medes,(F)
their governors and all their officials,
    and all the countries they rule.(G)
29 The land trembles(H) and writhes,
    for the Lord’s purposes(I) against Babylon stand—
to lay waste(J) the land of Babylon
    so that no one will live there.(K)
30 Babylon’s warriors(L) have stopped fighting;
    they remain in their strongholds.
Their strength is exhausted;
    they have become weaklings.(M)
Her dwellings are set on fire;(N)
    the bars(O) of her gates are broken.
31 One courier(P) follows another
    and messenger follows messenger
to announce to the king of Babylon
    that his entire city is captured,(Q)
32 the river crossings seized,
    the marshes set on fire,(R)
    and the soldiers terrified.(S)

33 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says:

“Daughter Babylon(T) is like a threshing floor(U)
    at the time it is trampled;
    the time to harvest(V) her will soon come.(W)

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