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^(C1)Lift up a signal flag in the land, Blow a trumpet among the nations! Consecrate the nations against her, Summon against her the ^(C2)kingdoms of ^(C3)Ararat, Minni, and ^(C4)Ashkenaz; Appoint an officer against her, Bring up the ^(C5)horses like bristly locusts.

Consecrate the nations against her, The kings of the Medes, ^(F1)Their governors and all ^(F1)their officials, And every land ^(F2)under their control.

So the ^(C1)land quakes and writhes, For the plans of the LORD against Babylon stand, To make the land of Babylon ^(F1)A ^(C2)desolation without inhabitants.

The ^(C1)warriors of Babylon have ceased fighting, They stay in the strongholds; ^(C2)Their strength is ^(F1)exhausted, They are becoming ^(C2)like women; Their homes are set on fire, The ^(C3)bars of her gates are broken.

One ^(F1)(C1)courier runs to meet ^(F1)another, And one ^(F2)(C2)messenger to meet ^(F2)another, To tell the king of Babylon That his city has been captured from end to end;

The river crossing places have been seized, And they have burned the marshes with fire, And the men of war are terrified.

For this is what the LORD of armies, the God of Israel says: "The daughter of Babylon is like a ^(C1)threshing floor At the time that ^(F1)it is tread down; In just a little while the time of ^(C2)harvest will come for her."