22 With you I shatter man and woman,with you I shatter old and young,with you I shatter the young man and young woman.
23 With you I shatter shepherd and flock,with you I shatter farmer and team,with you I shatter governors and officers.
24 Thus I will repay Babylon,all the inhabitants of Chaldea,For all the evil they committed against Zion,before your very eyes—oracle of the Lord.
25 Beware! I am against you,destroying mountain—oracle of the Lord—destroyer of the entire earth,I will stretch forth my hand against you,roll you down over the cliffs,and make you a burnt mountain:
26 They will not take from you a cornerstone,or a foundation stone;You shall remain ruins forever—oracle of the Lord.
27 Raise a signal in the land,sound the trumpet among the nations;Dedicate nations for war against her,summon against her the kingdoms:Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz;Appoint a recruiting officer against her,dispatch horses like bristling locusts.
28 Dedicate nations for war against her:the king of the Medes,Its governors and all its officers,every land in its domain.