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27 Raise your battle flag throughout the world.
    Blow the ram’s horn among the nations.
    Prepare nations to attack Babylon.
        Tell the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz to attack it.
            Appoint a commander to lead the attack.
                Bring up horses like a swarm of locusts.
28 Prepare nations to attack Babylon.
    Prepare the king of the Medes, their governors, all their deputies,
        and all the countries that they rule.
29 The earth trembles and writhes in pain.
    Yahweh carries out his plans against Babylon
    to make Babylon a wasteland so that no one will live there.

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27 “Lift up a banner(A) in the land!
    Blow the trumpet among the nations!
Prepare the nations for battle against her;
    summon against her these kingdoms:(B)
    Ararat,(C) Minni and Ashkenaz.(D)
Appoint a commander against her;
    send up horses like a swarm of locusts.(E)
28 Prepare the nations for battle against her—
    the kings of the Medes,(F)
their governors and all their officials,
    and all the countries they rule.(G)
29 The land trembles(H) and writhes,
    for the Lord’s purposes(I) against Babylon stand—
to lay waste(J) the land of Babylon
    so that no one will live there.(K)

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