# Lift up a banner ... Blow the trumpet ... Call ... to attack

Lifting a banner and blowing a trumpet are both ways of calling people to attack. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

# banner

"flag." This is large flag for the soldiers to follow in battle.

# attack her

The city of Babylon is a metonym for the people of Babylon, and it is spoken of as if it were a woman. AT: "attack the people of Babylon" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# Ararat ... Minni ... Ashkenaz

These are names of nations or people groups. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# bring up horses like swarming locusts

Yahweh compares a great number of horses to a swarm of locusts. AT: "bring many horses with soldiers quickly" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])

# governors ... officials

See how you translated these words in [Jeremiah 51:23](./22.md).

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/trumpet]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/nation]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/ararat]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/appoint]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/commander]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/locust]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/king]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/mede]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/governor]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/ruler]]