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!
28 Bring against her the armies of the nations—led by the kings of the Medesand all their captains and officers.
29 The earth trembles and writhes in pain,for everything the lord has planned against Babylon stands unchanged.Babylon will be left desolate without a single inhabitant.
30 Her mightiest warriors no longer fight.They stay in their barracks, their courage gone.They have become like women.The invaders have burned the housesand broken down the city gates.
31 The news is passed from one runner to the nextas the messengers hurry to tell the kingthat his city has been captured.