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Isaiah 21:2

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 2 A harsh vision has been told to me:
  
  The treacherous one is acting treacherously,
  And the destroyer is destroying.
  
  Go up, O Eʹlam! Lay siege, O Meʹdi·a!+
  
  I will put an end to all the sighing she caused.+

Jeremiah 50:9

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 9 For here I am raising up and bringing against Babylon
  An assembly of great nations from the land of the north.+
  
  They will come against her in battle formation;
  From there she will be captured.
  
  Their arrows are like those of a warrior
  Causing bereavement of children;+
  They do not come back without results.

Jeremiah 51:11

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 11 “Polish the arrows;+ take up the circular shields.*
  
  Jehovah has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes,+
  Because he intends to bring Babylon to ruin.
  
  For this is the vengeance of Jehovah, the vengeance for his temple.

Daniel 5:30, 31

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 30 That very night Bel·shazʹzar the Chal·deʹan king was killed.+ 31 And Da·riʹus+ the Mede received the kingdom; he was about 62 years old.