He will also lift up a standard to the distant nation,
And will whistle for it from the ends of the earth;
And behold, it will come with speed swiftly.

And He will lift up a standard for the nations
And assemble the banished ones of Israel,
And will gather the dispersed of Judah
From the four corners of the earth.

All you inhabitants of the world and dwellers on earth,

As soon as a standard is raised on the mountains, you will see it,
And as soon as the trumpet is blown, you will hear it.

“Declare and proclaim among the nations.
Proclaim it and lift up a standard.
Do not conceal it but say,
‘Babylon has been captured,

Bel has been put to shame, Marduk has been shattered;

Her images have been put to shame, her idols have been shattered.’

Lift up a signal in the land,

Blow a trumpet among the nations!
Consecrate the nations against her,
Summon against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni and Ashkenaz;
Appoint a marshal against her,
Bring up the horses like bristly locusts.

Upon the high

“Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain,
Who destroys the whole earth,” declares the Lord,
“And I will stretch out My hand against you,
And roll you down from the crags,
And I will make you a burnt out mountain.

Shake

Yet today he will halt at Nob;
He shakes his fist at the mountain of the

daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.

And the Lord will

utterly destroy

The tongue of the Sea of Egypt;
And He will wave His hand over the

River

With His scorching wind;
And He will strike it into seven streams
And make men walk over dry-shod.

Go into

Thus says the Lord to Cyrus His anointed,
Whom I have taken by the right hand,
To subdue nations before him
And to loose the loins of kings;
To open doors before him so that gates will not be shut:

Thus says the Lord of hosts,
“The broad wall of Babylon will be completely razed
And her high gates will be set on fire;
So the peoples will toil for nothing,
And the nations become exhausted only for fire.”

General references

“Behold, a people is coming from the north,
And a great nation and many kings
Will be aroused from the remote parts of the earth.