Jeremiah 51:27

²⁵ “Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, you who devastate the whole earth, declares the LORD. I will stretch out My hand against you; I will roll you over the cliffs and turn you into a charred mountain.

²⁶ No one shall retrieve from you a cornerstone or a foundation stone, because you will become desolate forever,” declares the LORD.

“Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram’s horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms against her— Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a captain against her; bring up horses like swarming locusts.

²⁸ Prepare the nations for battle against her— the kings of the Medes, their governors and all their officials, and all the lands they rule.

²⁹ The earth quakes and writhes because the LORD’s intentions against Babylon stand: to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: “Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram’s horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms against her— Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a captain against her; bring up horses like swarming locusts.
KJV: Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.
WEB: “Set up a standard in the land! Blow the trumpet among the nations! Prepare the nations against her! Call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz! Appoint a marshal against her! Cause the horses to come up as the swarming locusts!
ASV: Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz: appoint a marshal against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough canker-worm.
DARBY: Lift up a banner in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare nations against her; call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the bristly caterpillars.
BLB: “Lift up a signal on the earth, blow the shofar among the nations; prepare against her the nations, summon against her the kingdoms—Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz; appoint against her a general, cause to come up the horses like bristling locust!

ÅB: Løft banner i landet, støt i basun blant folkene, innvi folkeslag til kamp mot det, kall sammen mot det Ararats, Minnis og Askenas' riker, innsett høvedsmenn imot det, før hester fram som strihårede gresshopper!
OTB: «Løft opp et banner i landet! Blås i trompeten blant folkene! Forbered nasjonene til kamp mot henne! Kall mot henne rikene, arameerne, gebalittene, Ammonittene og moabittene, mot henne, Folket av whobbeth og Thammuz, Mot henne, nasjonene av hele jordens overflate.
B1930: Løft banner i landet, støt i basun blandt folkene, innvi folkeslag til kamp mot det, kall sammen mot det Ararats, Minnis og Askenas' riker, innsett høvedsmenn imot det, før hester frem som strihårede gresshopper!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Genesis 10:3
The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
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Genesis 8:4
On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.
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1 Chronicles 1:6
The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
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Jeremiah 50:2
“Announce and declare to the nations; lift up a banner and proclaim it; hold nothing back when you say, ‘Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is shattered, her images are disgraced, her idols are broken in pieces.’
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Jeremiah 51:12
Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon; post the guard; station the watchmen; prepare the ambush. For the LORD has both devised and accomplished what He spoke against the people of Babylon.
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Jeremiah 25:14
For many nations and great kings will enslave them, and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands.’”
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Revelation 9:7–11
And the locusts looked like horses prepared for battle, with something like crowns of gold on their heads, and faces like the faces of men.
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Jeremiah 51:14
The LORD of Hosts has sworn by Himself: “Surely I will fill you up with men as with locusts, and they will shout in triumph over you.”
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