21 With you I will shatter armies—destroying the horse and rider,the chariot and charioteer.
22 With you I will shatter men and women,old people and children,young men and young women.
23 With you I will shatter shepherds and flocks,farmers and oxen,captains and officers.
24 “I will repay Babylonand the people of Babyloniafor all the wrong they have doneto my people in Jerusalem,” says the lord.
25 “Look, O mighty mountain, destroyer of the earth!I am your enemy,” says the lord.“I will raise my fist against you,to knock you down from the heights.When I am finished,you will be nothing but a heap of burnt rubble.
26 You will be desolate forever.Even your stones will never again be used for building.You will be completely wiped out,”says the lord.
27 Raise a signal flag to the nations.Sound the battle cry!Mobilize them all against Babylon.Prepare them to fight against her!Bring out the armies of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.Appoint a commander,and bring a multitude of horses like swarming locusts!