Jeremiah 51:27-33

Common English Bible

²⁷ Set up a flag in the land;
    sound the alarm among the nations!
Prepare them for war against her;
    summon kingdoms against her—
        Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.
Appoint a commander against her;
    call up the troops,
        like swarms of locusts!
²⁸ Prepare the nations for war against her,
    the kings of Media,
    its governors, all its officials,
    and all the countries they rule.

²⁹ The earth quakes and trembles
    because the Lord’s plans against Babylon are fulfilled:
        to reduce Babylon to a wasteland,
        with no one left in it.
³⁰ Babylon’s warriors quit fighting;
    they hide in their fortifications.
Their strength is worn out;
    their courage is gone!
Babylon’s houses are burned down,
    and its gates are smashed.
³¹ Courier joins courier,
    messenger joins messenger
        to relate the news to the king of Babylon
        that his entire city has fallen.
³² The river crossings are blocked;
    the marshes are on fire;
    the soldiers are terrified.