26. No stone shall be taken from you for a cornerand no stone for a foundation,but you shall be a perpetual waste,declares the Lord.
27. “Set up a standard on the earth; blow the trumpet among the nations; prepare the nations for war against her;summon against her the kingdoms, Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz;appoint a marshal against her; bring up horses like bristling locusts.
28. Prepare the nations for war against her,the kings of the Medes, with their governors and deputies,and every land under their dominion.
29. The land trembles and writhes in pain, for the Lord’s purposes against Babylon stand,to make the land of Babylon a desolation,without inhabitant.
30. The warriors of Babylon have ceased fighting;they remain in their strongholds;their strength has failed; they have become women; her dwellings are on fire; her bars are broken.