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)”

“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)”