Jeremiah 51:26-28

Contemporary English Version

²⁶ Your stone blocks won't be reused
for cornerstones
    or foundations,
and I promise that forever
    you will be a desert.
I, the Lord, have spoken.

²⁷ Signal the nations
    to get ready to attack.
Raise a flag and blow a trumpet.
Send for the armies of Ararat,
    Minni, and Ashkenaz.^[a]
Choose a commander;
let the cavalry attack
    like a swarm of locusts.
²⁸ Tell the kings and governors,
    the leaders and the people
of the kingdoms of the Medes
    to prepare for war!