Isa 13:2-4, 21:7-9, 41:2, 25, 45:1-6, Jer 50:29, 51:20-29 | ESV | STEP | On a bare hill raise a signal ; cry aloud to them; wave the hand for them to enter the gates of the nobles .

2 On a bare hill ^araise a signal;
cry aloud to them;
wave the hand for ^bthem to enter
the gates of the nobles.
3 I myself have commanded my consecrated ones,
and have summoned my mighty men to execute my anger,
my proudly exulting ones. ^{▼▼Or those who exult in my majesty}
4 The sound ^dof a tumult is on the mountains
as of a great multitude!
The sound of an uproar of kingdoms,
of nations gathering together!
^eThe Lord of hosts is mustering
a host for battle.

Isaiah 21:7-9

7 When he sees riders, horsemen in pairs,
riders on donkeys, riders on camels,
let him listen diligently,
very diligently.”
8 Then he who saw cried out: ^{▼▼Dead Sea Scroll, Syriac; Masoretic Text Then a lion cried out, or Then he cried out like a lion}
^g“Upon a watchtower I stand, O Lord,
continually by day,
and at my post I am stationed
whole nights.
9 And behold, here come riders,
horsemen in pairs!”
^hAnd he answered,
ⁱ“Fallen, fallen is Babylon;
^jand all the carved images of her gods
he has shattered to the ground.”

Isaiah 41:2

2 ^kWho stirred up one from the east
whom victory meets at every ^lstep? ^{▼▼Or whom righteousness calls to follow?}
ⁿHe gives up nations before him,
so that he tramples kings underfoot;
he makes them like dust with his sword,
^olike driven stubble with his bow.

Isaiah 41:25

25 ^pI stirred up one from the north, and he has come,
^qfrom the rising of the sun, ^rand he shall call upon my name;
he shall trample on rulers as on mortar,
as the potter treads clay.

Isaiah 45:1-6

Cyrus, God’s Instrument

1 Thus says the Lord to ^shis anointed, to Cyrus,
^twhose right hand I have grasped,
to subdue nations before him
and ^uto loose the belts of kings,
to open doors before him
that gates may not be closed:
2 “I will go before you
and ^vlevel the exalted places, ^{▼▼Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint level the mountains}
^xI will break in pieces the doors of bronze
and cut through the bars of iron,
3 ^yI will give you the treasures of darkness
and the hoards in secret places,
that you may know that it is I, the Lord,
the God of Israel, ^zwho call you by your name.
4 For the sake of my servant Jacob,
and Israel my chosen,
^aaI call you by your name,
^abI name you, though you do not know me.
5 ^acI am the Lord, and there is no other,
besides me there is no God;
^adI equip you, though you do not know me,
6 ^aethat people may know, from the rising of the sun
and from the west, that there is none besides me;
I am the Lord, and there is no other.

Jeremiah 50:29

29 ^af“Summon archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. ^agEncamp around her; let no one escape. ^ahRepay her according to her deeds; do to her according to all that she has done. For she has ^aiproudly defied the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 51:20-29

20 “You are my hammer and weapon of war:
with you I ^ajbreak nations in pieces;
with you I destroy kingdoms;
21 with you I break in pieces the horse and his rider;
with you I break in pieces the chariot and the charioteer;
22 with you I break in pieces man and woman;
with you I break in pieces ^akthe old man and the youth;
with you I break in pieces ^althe young man and the young woman;
23 with you I break in pieces the shepherd and his flock;
with you I break in pieces the farmer and his team;
with you I break in pieces ^amgovernors and commanders.
24 ^an“I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea before your very eyes for all the evil that they have done in Zion, declares the Lord.

25 “Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain,

declares the Lord,
which destroys the whole earth;
I will stretch out my hand against you,
and roll you down from the crags,
^aoand make you a burnt mountain.
26 No ^apstone shall be taken from you for a corner
and no stone for a foundation,
but you shall be ^aqa perpetual waste,
declares the Lord.
27 ^ar“Set up a standard on the earth;
^asblow the trumpet among the nations;
^atprepare ^authe nations for war against her;
summon against her ^avthe kingdoms,
^awArarat, Minni, and ^axAshkenaz;
appoint a ^aymarshal against her;
^azbring up horses like bristling locusts.
28 ^baPrepare ^bbthe nations for war against her,
the kings of ^bcthe Medes, ^bdwith their governors ^beand deputies,
and every ^bfland under their dominion.
29 ^bgThe land trembles and writhes in pain,
^bhfor the Lord’s purposes against Babylon stand,
to make the land of Babylon a desolation,
without inhabitant.