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.

^27 (A)“Set up a standard on the earth;
    ^(B)blow the trumpet among the nations;
^(C)prepare ^(D)the nations for war against her;
    summon against her ^(E)the kingdoms,
    ^(F)Ararat, Minni, and ^(G)Ashkenaz;
appoint a ^(H)marshal against her;
    ^(I)bring up horses like bristling locusts.
^28 (J)Prepare ^(K)the nations for war against her,
    the kings of ^(L)the Medes, ^(M)with their governors ^(N)and deputies,
    and every ^(O)land under their dominion.

^10 (A)“Go up through her vine rows and destroy,
    ^(B)but make not a full end;
strip away her branches,
    for they are not the Lord's.

² On a bare hill ^(A)raise a signal;
    cry aloud to them;
wave the hand for ^(B)them to enter
    the gates of the nobles.
³ I myself have commanded my consecrated ones,
    and have summoned my mighty men to execute my anger,
    my proudly exulting ones.^[a]

⁴ The sound ^(C)of a tumult is on the mountains
    as of a great multitude!
The sound of an uproar of kingdoms,
    of nations gathering together!
^(D)The Lord of hosts is mustering
    a host for battle.
^5 (E)They come from a distant land,
    from the end of the heavens,
the Lord and the weapons of his indignation,
    to destroy the whole land.^[b]

²⁶ He will ^(A)raise a signal for nations far away,
    and ^(B)whistle for them ^(C)from the ends of the earth;
and behold, quickly, speedily they come!
^27 (D)None is weary, none stumbles,
    none slumbers or sleeps,
not a waistband is loose,
    not a sandal strap broken;
^28 (E)their arrows are sharp,
    all their bows bent,
their horses' hoofs seem like flint,
    and their wheels ^(F)like the whirlwind.
²⁹ Their roaring is like a lion,
    like young lions they roar;
they growl and ^(G)seize their prey;
    they carry it off, and none can rescue.
³⁰ They will growl over it on that day,
    like the growling of the sea.
And if one looks to the land,
    behold, ^(H)darkness and distress;
and the light is darkened by its clouds.