Listen, a noise on the mountains,
    like that of a great multitude!(A)
Listen, an uproar(B) among the kingdoms,
    like nations massing together!
The Lord Almighty(C) is mustering(D)
    an army for war.

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The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the Lord of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.

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22 with you I shatter man and woman,
    with you I shatter old man and youth,
    with you I shatter young man and young woman,(A)
23 with you I shatter shepherd and flock,
    with you I shatter farmer and oxen,
    with you I shatter governors and officials.(B)

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

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

27 “Lift up a banner(J) in the land!
    Blow the trumpet among the nations!
Prepare the nations for battle against her;
    summon against her these kingdoms:(K)
    Ararat,(L) Minni and Ashkenaz.(M)
Appoint a commander against her;
    send up horses like a swarm of locusts.(N)
28 Prepare the nations for battle against her—
    the kings of the Medes,(O)
their governors and all their officials,
    and all the countries they rule.(P)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:24 Or Chaldea; also in verse 35

22 With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid;

23 I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.

24 And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the Lord.

25 Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the Lord, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.

26 And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the Lord.

27 Set ye 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 Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.

28 Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.

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