⁷ “‘Get ready; be prepared,^(A) you and all the hordes gathered about you, and take command of them. ⁸ After many days^(B) you will be called to arms. In future years you will invade a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations^(C) to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the nations, and now all of them live in safety.^{(D) 9} You and all your troops and the many nations with you will go up, advancing like a storm;^(E) you will be like a cloud^(F) covering the land.^(G)