21 With you I will break in pieces the horse and its rider;With you I will break in pieces the chariot and its rider;
22 With you also I will break in pieces man and woman;With you I will break in pieces old and young;With you I will break in pieces the young man and the maiden;
23 With you also I will break in pieces the shepherd and his flock;With you I will break in pieces the farmer and his yoke of oxen;And with you I will break in pieces governors and rulers.
24 “And I will repay BabylonAnd all the inhabitants of ChaldeaFor all the evil they have doneIn Zion in your sight,” says the Lord.
25 “Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain,Who destroys all the earth,” says the Lord.“And I will stretch out My hand against you,Roll you down from the rocks,And make you a burnt mountain.
26 They shall not take from you a stone for a cornerNor a stone for a foundation,But you shall be desolate forever,” says the Lord.
27 Set up a banner in the land,Blow the trumpet among the nations!Prepare the nations against her,Call the kingdoms together against her:Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.Appoint a general against her;Cause the horses to come up like the bristling locusts.