23. with you I shatter shepherd and flock,with you I shatter farmer and oxen,with you I shatter governors and officials.
24. ‘Before your eyes I will repay Babylon and all who live in Babylonia for all the wrong they have done in Zion,’ declares the Lord.
25. ‘I am against you, you destroying mountain,you who destroy the whole earth,’declares the Lord.‘I will stretch out my hand against you,roll you off the cliffs,and make you a burnt-out mountain.
26. No rock will be taken from you for a cornerstone,nor any stone for a foundation,for you will be desolate for ever,’declares the Lord.
27. ‘Lift up a banner in the land!Blow the trumpet among the nations!Prepare the nations for battle against her;summon against her these kingdoms:Ararat, Minni and Ashkenaz.Appoint a commander against her;send up horses like a swarm of locusts.
28. Prepare the nations for battle against her –the kings of the Medes,their governors and all their officials,and all the countries they rule.
29. The land trembles and writhes,for the Lord’s purposes against Babylon stand –to lay waste the land of Babylonso that no one will live there.