^27 (A)“Set up a standard on the earth;
    ^(B)blow the trumpet among the nations;
^(C)prepare ^(D)the nations for war against her;
    summon against her ^(E)the kingdoms,
    ^(F)Ararat, Minni, and ^(G)Ashkenaz;
appoint a ^(H)marshal against her;
    ^(I)bring up horses like bristling locusts.
^28 (J)Prepare ^(K)the nations for war against her,
    the kings of ^(L)the Medes, ^(M)with their governors ^(N)and deputies,
    and every ^(O)land under their dominion.
^29 (P)The land trembles and writhes in pain,
    ^(Q)for the Lord's purposes against Babylon stand,
to make the land of Babylon a desolation,
    without inhabitant.
³⁰ The warriors of Babylon have ceased fighting;
    they remain in their strongholds;
their strength has failed;
    ^(R)they have become women;
^(S)her dwellings are on fire;
    ^(T)her bars are broken.
³¹ One ^(U)runner runs to meet another,
    and one messenger to meet another,
to tell the king of Babylon
    that his city is taken on every side;
³² the fords have been ^(V)seized,
    the marshes are burned with fire,
    and the soldiers are in panic.
³³ For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:
^(W)The daughter of Babylon is like ^(X)a threshing floor
    at the time when it is trodden;
yet a little while
    and ^(Y)the time of her harvest will come.”