^3 (A)“Prepare buckler and shield,
    and advance for battle!

^14 (A)Draw water for the siege;
    ^(B)strengthen your forts;
go into the clay;
    tread the mortar;
    take hold of the brick mold!

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.

^11 (A)“Sharpen the arrows!
    Take up the shields!

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

⁹ Be broken,^[a] you peoples, and ^(A)be shattered;^[b]
    give ear, all you far countries;
strap on your armor and be shattered;
    strap on your armor and be shattered.
¹⁰ Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing;
    speak a word, ^(B)but it will not stand,
    for God ^(C)is with us.^[c]