Jeremiah 51:24-35

New International Version

²⁴“Before your eyes I will repay^(A) Babylon^(B) and all who live in Babylonia^[a] for all the wrong they have done in Zion,” declares the Lord.

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

²⁷“Lift up a banner^(H) in the land!
    Blow the trumpet among the nations!
Prepare the nations for battle against her;
    summon against her these kingdoms:^(I)
    Ararat,^(J) Minni and Ashkenaz.^(K)
Appoint a commander against her;
    send up horses like a swarm of locusts.^(L)
²⁸Prepare the nations for battle against her—
    the kings of the Medes,^(M)
their governors and all their officials,
    and all the countries they rule.^(N)
²⁹The land trembles^(O) and writhes,
    for the Lord’s purposes^(P) against Babylon stand—
to lay waste^(Q) the land of Babylon
    so that no one will live there.^(R)
³⁰Babylon’s warriors^(S) have stopped fighting;
    they remain in their strongholds.
Their strength is exhausted;
    they have become weaklings.^(T)
Her dwellings are set on fire;^(U)
    the bars^(V) of her gates are broken.
³¹One courier^(W) follows another
    and messenger follows messenger
to announce to the king of Babylon
    that his entire city is captured,^(X)
³²the river crossings seized,
    the marshes set on fire,^(Y)
    and the soldiers terrified.^(Z)”

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

“Daughter Babylon^(AA) is like a threshing floor^(AB)
at the time it is trampled;
the time to harvest^(AC) her will soon come.^(AD)”

³⁴“Nebuchadnezzar^(AE) king of Babylon has devoured^(AF) us,^(AG)
    he has thrown us into confusion,
    he has made us an empty jar.
Like a serpent he has swallowed us
    and filled his stomach with our delicacies,
    and then has spewed^(AH) us out.
³⁵May the violence^(AI) done to our flesh^[b] be on Babylon,”
    say the inhabitants of Zion.
“May our blood be on those who live in Babylonia,”
    says Jerusalem.^(AJ)