22. And with you I shatter man and woman, And with you I shatter old man and youth, And with you I shatter young man and virgin,
23. And with you I shatter the shepherd and his flock, And with you I shatter the farmer and his team, And with you I shatter governors and prefects.
24. "But I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea for all their evil that they have done in Zion before your eyes," declares the Lord.
25. "Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, Who destroys the whole earth," declares the Lord, "And I will stretch out My hand against you, And roll you down from the crags, And I will make you a burnt out mountain.
26. "They will not take from you even a stone for a corner Nor a stone for foundations, But you will be desolate forever," declares the Lord.
27. Lift up a signal in the land, Blow a trumpet among the nations! Consecrate the nations against her, Summon against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni and Ashkenaz; Appoint a marshal against her, Bring up the horses like bristly locusts.
28. Consecrate the nations against her, The kings of the Medes, Their governors and all their prefects, And every land of their dominion.
29. So the land quakes and writhes, For the purposes of the Lord against Babylon stand, To make the land of Babylon A desolation without inhabitants.
30. The mighty men of Babylon have ceased fighting, They stay in the strongholds; Their strength is exhausted, They are becoming like women; Their dwelling places are set on fire, The bars of her gates are broken.
31. One courier runs to meet another, And one messenger to meet another, To tell the king of Babylon That his city has been captured from end to end;
32. The fords also have been seized, And they have burned the marshes with fire, And the men of war are terrified.
33. For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: "The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor At the time it is stamped firm; Yet in a little while the time of harvest will come for her."