Isa 48:14-15, Jer 50:21-32, 51:11, 27-28, 57, Dan 5:25-31, Nah 1:9-10 | ESV | STEP | Assemble , all of you, and listen ! Who among them has declared these things ? The Lord loves him; he shall perform his purpose on Babylon , and his arm shall be against the Chaldeans .

14 “Assemble, all of you, and listen!
^aWho among them has declared these things?
The Lord loves him;
^bhe shall perform his purpose on Babylon,
and his arm shall be against ^cthe Chaldeans.
15 ^dI, even I, have spoken and called him;
I have brought him, and he will prosper in his way.

Jeremiah 50:21-32

21 “Go up against the land of Merathaim, ^{▼▼ Merathaim means double rebellion}
and against the inhabitants of Pekod. ^{▼▼ Pekod means punishment}
Kill, ^gand devote them to destruction, ^{▼▼That is, set apart ( devote) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)}

declares the Lord,
and do all that I have commanded you.
22 ⁱThe noise of battle is in the land,
and great destruction!
23 ^jHow the hammer of the whole earth
is cut down and broken!
^kHow Babylon ^lhas become
a horror among the nations!
24 ^mI set a snare for you and you were taken, O Babylon,
and ⁿyou did not know it;
you were found and caught,
because you opposed the Lord.
25 The Lord has opened his armory
and brought out ^othe weapons of his wrath,
for the Lord God of hosts has a work to do
in the land of the Chaldeans.
26 Come against her from every quarter;
open her granaries;
^ppile her up like heaps of grain, and devote her to destruction;
let nothing be left of her.
27 Kill all ^qher bulls;
let them go down to the slaughter.
Woe to them, for their day has come,
^rthe time of their punishment.
28 “A voice! They ^sflee and escape from the land of Babylon, ^tto declare in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, vengeance for ^uhis temple.

29 ^v“Summon archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. ^wEncamp around her; let no one escape. ^xRepay her according to her deeds; do to her according to all that she has done. For she has ^yproudly defied the Lord, the Holy One of Israel. 30 ^zTherefore her young men shall fall in her squares, and all her soldiers shall be destroyed on that day, declares the Lord.

31 “Behold, I am against you, O ^aaproud one,
declares the Lord God of hosts,
^abfor your day has come,
the time when I will punish you.
32 ^acThe proud one shall stumble and fall,
with none to raise him up,
^adand I will kindle a fire in his cities,
and it will devour all that is around him.

Jeremiah 51:11

11 ^ae“Sharpen the arrows!
Take up the shields!
^afThe Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of ^agthe Medes, because ^ahhis purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy it, ^aifor that is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance for ^ajhis temple.

Jeremiah 51:27-28

27 ^ak“Set up a standard on the earth;
^alblow the trumpet among the nations;
^amprepare ^anthe nations for war against her;
summon against her ^aothe kingdoms,
^apArarat, Minni, and ^aqAshkenaz;
appoint a ^armarshal against her;
^asbring up horses like bristling locusts.
28 ^atPrepare ^authe nations for war against her,
the kings of ^avthe Medes, ^awwith their governors ^axand deputies,
and every ^ayland under their dominion.

Jeremiah 51:57

57 ^azI will make drunk her officials and her wise men,
^baher governors, her commanders, and her warriors;
they shall sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake,
declares ^bbthe King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.

Daniel 5:25-31

25 And this is the writing that was inscribed: Mene, Mene, Tekel, and Parsin. 26 This is the interpretation of the matter: Mene, God has numbered ^{▼▼ Mene sounds like the Aramaic for numbered} the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end; 27 Tekel, ^bdyou have been weighed ^{▼▼ Tekel sounds like the Aramaic for weighed} in the balances and found wanting; 28 Peres, your kingdom is divided and given to ^bfthe Medes and ^bgPersians.” ^{▼▼ Peres (the singular of Parsin) sounds like the Aramaic for divided and for Persia}

29 Then ^biBelshazzar gave the command, and Daniel ^bjwas clothed with purple, a chain of gold was put around his neck, and a proclamation was made about him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

30 ^bkThat very night ^blBelshazzar the ^bmChaldean king was killed. 31 ^{▼▼Ch 6:1 in Aramaic} And ^boDarius ^bpthe Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.

Nahum 1:9-10

9 What ^bqdo you plot against the Lord?
^brHe will make a complete end;
trouble will not rise up a second time.
10 For they are ^bslike entangled thorns,
like drunkards as they drink;
^btthey are consumed like stubble fully dried.