26 No one will be able to retrieve a cornerstone
or a foundation stone from you,
because you will become desolate forever.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

27 Raise a signal flag(A) in the land;
blow a ram’s horn among the nations;
set apart the nations against her.(B)
Summon kingdoms against her—
Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.
Appoint a marshal against her;
bring up horses like a swarm[a] of locusts.
28 Set apart the nations for battle against her—
the kings of Media,
her governors and all her officials,
and all the lands they rule.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:27 Hb obscure

26 No rock will be taken from you for a cornerstone,
    nor any stone for a foundation,
    for you will be desolate(A) forever,”
declares the Lord.

27 “Lift up a banner(B) in the land!
    Blow the trumpet among the nations!
Prepare the nations for battle against her;
    summon against her these kingdoms:(C)
    Ararat,(D) Minni and Ashkenaz.(E)
Appoint a commander against her;
    send up horses like a swarm of locusts.(F)
28 Prepare the nations for battle against her—
    the kings of the Medes,(G)
their governors and all their officials,
    and all the countries they rule.(H)

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