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27 “Set up a standard in the land!
    Blow the trumpet among the nations!
Prepare the nations against her!
    Call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz!
Appoint a marshal against her!
    Cause the horses to come up as the rough canker worm!
28 Prepare against her the nations,
    the kings of the Medes, its governors, and all its deputies, and all the land of their dominion!
29 The land trembles and is in pain;
    for the purposes of Yahweh against Babylon stand,
    to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.
30 The mighty men of Babylon have stopped fighting,
    they remain in their strongholds.
Their might has failed.
    They have become as women.
Her dwelling places are set on fire.
    Her bars are broken.
31 One runner will run to meet another,
    and one messenger to meet another,
    to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every quarter.
32 So the passages are seized.
    They have burned the reeds with fire.
    The men of war are frightened.”

33 For Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says:

“The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time when it is trodden.
    Yet a little while, and the time of harvest comes for her.”

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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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