27 (A)Lift up a [a]signal in the land,
Blow a trumpet among the nations!
Consecrate the nations against her,
Summon against her the (B)kingdoms of (C)Ararat, Minni and (D)Ashkenaz;
Appoint a marshal against her,
Bring up the (E)horses like bristly locusts.
28 Consecrate the nations against her,
The kings of the Medes,
[b]Their governors and all [c]their [d]prefects,
And every land of [e]their dominion.
29 So the (F)land quakes and writhes,
For the purposes of the Lord against Babylon stand,
To make the land of Babylon
[f]A (G)desolation without inhabitants.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:27 Or standard
  2. Jeremiah 51:28 Lit Her
  3. Jeremiah 51:28 Lit Her
  4. Jeremiah 51:28 I.e. lieutenant governors
  5. Jeremiah 51:28 Lit his
  6. Jeremiah 51:29 Or An object of horror