I have heard a rumor from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent to the heathen, saying, Gather together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.
Behold, I will send a blast of wind upon him, and he shall hear a rumor, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD has raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his plan is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, vengeance for his temple.
And so that your heart does not faint, and you fear for the rumor that shall be heard in the land; a rumor shall come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumor, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.