^9 (A)Proclaim this among the nations:
“Prepare for war!
Wake up the mighty men,
Let all the men of war draw near,
Let them come up.
^10 (B)Beat your plowshares into swords
And your ^[a]pruning hooks into spears;
^(C)Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’ ”
¹¹ Assemble and come, all you nations,
And gather together all around.
Cause ^(D)Your mighty ones to go down there, O Lord.

¹² “Let the nations be wakened, and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat;
For there I will sit to ^(E)judge all the surrounding nations.

³ Then the Lord will go forth
And fight against those nations,
As He fights in the day of battle.

¹² “Therefore thus will I do to you, O Israel;
Because I will do this to you,
^(A)Prepare to meet your God, O Israel!”

¹⁴ “Declare in Egypt, and proclaim in ^(A)Migdol;
Proclaim in ^[a]Noph and in ^(B)Tahpanhes;
Say, ‘Stand fast and prepare yourselves,
For the sword devours all around you.’
¹⁵ Why are your valiant men swept away?
They did not stand
Because the Lord drove them away.
¹⁶ He made many fall;
Yes, ^(C)one fell upon another.
And they said, ‘Arise!
^(D)Let us go back to our own people
And to the land of our nativity
From the oppressing sword.’

³ “Order^[a] the ^[b]buckler and shield,
And draw near to battle!
⁴ Harness the horses,
And mount up, you horsemen!
Stand forth with your helmets,
Polish the spears,
^(A)Put on the armor!
⁵ Why have I seen them dismayed and turned back?
Their mighty ones are beaten down;
They have speedily fled,
And did not look back,
For ^(B)fear was all around,” says the Lord.

“The virgin, the daughter of Zion,
Has despised you, laughed you to scorn;
The daughter of Jerusalem
Has shaken her head behind your back!