18. They are vanity, a work of delusion. In the time of their visitation, they will perish.
19. The portion of Jacob is not like these, for he is the former of all things; including the tribe of his inheritance: Yahweh of Armies is his name.
20. “You are my battle ax and weapons of war. With you I will break the nations into pieces. With you I will destroy kingdoms.
21. With you I will break in pieces the horse and his rider.
22. With you I will break in pieces the chariot and him who rides therein. With you I will break in pieces man and woman. With you I will break in pieces the old man and the youth. With you I will break in pieces the young man and the virgin.
23. With you I will break in pieces the shepherd and his flock. With you I will break in pieces the farmer and his yoke. With you will I break in pieces governors and deputies.
24. “I will render to Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight,” says Yahweh.
25. “Behold, I am against you, destroying mountain,” says Yahweh, “which destroys all the earth. I will stretch out my hand on you, roll you down from the rocks, and will make you a burned mountain.
26. They shall not take cornerstone from you, nor a stone for foundations; but you will be desolate for ever,” says Yahweh.
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!