23. With you I will break in piecesthe shepherd and his flock.With you I will break in piecesthe farmer and his yoke.With you I will break in piecesgovernors and deputies.
24. “I will render to Babylon and to all the inhabitants of the Kasdim for all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight,” says the Lord.
25. “Behold, I am against you, destroying mountain,” says the Lord,“which destroys all the earth.I will stretch out my hand on you,roll you down from the rocks,and will make you a burnt mountain.
26. They won’t take a cornerstone from you,nor a stone for foundations;but you will be desolate forever,” says the Lord.
27. “Set up a standard in the land!Blow the shofar amongst 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!