⁹ Proclaim this among the nations:
^(A)Consecrate for war;^[a]
    stir up the mighty men.
Let all the men of war draw near;
    let them come up.
^10 (B)Beat your plowshares into swords,
    and ^(C)your pruning hooks into spears;
    let the weak say, “I am a warrior.”

^11 (D)Hasten and come,
    all you surrounding nations,
    and gather yourselves there.
^(E)Bring down your warriors, O Lord.
¹² Let the nations stir themselves up
    and come up to ^(F)the Valley of Jehoshaphat;
^(G)for there I will sit to judge
    all the surrounding nations.

¹² “Therefore thus I will do to you, O Israel;
    because I will do this to you,
    prepare to meet your God, O Israel!”

^12 (A)“Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon;
    ^(B)make the watch strong;
set up watchmen;
    prepare the ambushes;
^(C)for the Lord has both planned and done
    what he spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.

¹⁴ “Declare in Egypt, and proclaim in ^(A)Migdol;
    proclaim in ^(B)Memphis and ^(C)Tahpanhes;
say, ^(D)‘Stand ready and be prepared,
    for ^(E)the sword shall devour around you.’
¹⁵ Why are your mighty ones face down?
    They do not stand^[a]
    because the Lord thrust them down.
¹⁶ He made many stumble, ^(F)and they fell,
    and they said one to another,
‘Arise, and let us go back to our own people
    and to the land of our birth,
    ^(G)because of the sword of the oppressor.’

^3 (A)“Prepare buckler and shield,
    and advance for battle!
^4 (B)Harness the horses;
    mount, O horsemen!
Take your stations with your helmets,
    ^(C)polish your spears,
    put on your armor!
⁵ Why have I seen it?
They are dismayed
    and have turned backward.
Their ^(D)warriors are beaten down
    and have fled in haste;
^(E)they look not back—
    ^(F)terror on every side!
declares the Lord.

“‘She despises you, she scorns you—
    ^(A)the virgin daughter of Zion;
she wags her head behind you—
    the daughter of Jerusalem.