27 ^aSet up a banner in the land,
Blow the trumpet among the nations!
^bPrepare the nations against her,
Call ^cthe kingdoms together against her:
Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.
Appoint a general against her;
Cause the horses to come up like the bristling locusts. ‡

28 Prepare against her the nations,
With the kings of the Medes,
Its governors and all its rulers,
All the land of his dominion.

30 The mighty men of Babylon have ceased fighting,
They have remained in their strongholds;
Their might has failed,
^aThey became like women;
They have burned her dwelling places,
^bThe bars of her gate are broken. ‡

31 ^aOne runner will run to meet another,
And one messenger to meet another,
To show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on all sides; ‡