“Prepare buckler and shield, and advance for battle!
They prepare the table, they spread the rugs, they eat, they drink. Arise, O princes; oil the shield!
Draw water for the siege; strengthen your forts; go into the clay; tread the mortar; take hold of the brick mold!
The scatterer has come up against you. Man the ramparts; watch the road; dress for battle; collect all your strength.
Proclaim this among the nations: Consecrate for war; stir up the mighty men. Let all the men of war draw near; let them come up.
“Sharpen the arrows! Take up the shields! The Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because his purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy it, for that is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance for his temple. “Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon; make the watch strong; set up watchmen; prepare the ambushes; for the Lord has both planned and done what he spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.
Be broken, you peoples, and be shattered; give ear, all you far countries; strap on your armor and be shattered; strap on your armor and be shattered. Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing; speak a word, but it will not stand, for God is with us.
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