⁴ “Prepare^(A) war against her;
Arise, and let us go up ^(B)at noon.
Woe to us, for the day goes away,
For the shadows of the evening are lengthening.

^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.

²⁰ “The harvest is past,
The summer is ended,
And we are not saved!”

^27 (A)Set up a banner in the land,
Blow the trumpet among the nations!
^(B)Prepare the nations against her,
Call ^(C)the kingdoms together against her:
Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.
Appoint a general against her;
Cause the horses to come up like the bristling locusts.
²⁸ Prepare against her the nations,
With the kings of the Medes,
Its governors and all its rulers,
All the land of his dominion.

¹⁰ “Go up on her walls and destroy,
But do not ^[a]make a ^(A)complete end.
Take away her branches,
For they are not the Lord’s.

² “Lift^(A) up a banner ^(B)on the high mountain,
Raise your voice to them;
^(C)Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.
³ I have commanded My ^[a]sanctified ones;
I have also called ^(D)My mighty ones for My anger—
Those who ^(E)rejoice in My exaltation.”

⁴ The ^(F)noise of a multitude in the mountains,
Like that of many people!
A tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together!
The Lord of hosts musters
The army for battle.
⁵ They come from a far country,
From the end of heaven—
The ^(G)Lord and His ^[b]weapons of indignation,
To destroy the whole ^(H)land.

^26 (A)He will lift up a banner to the nations from afar,
And will ^(B)whistle to them from ^(C)the end of the earth;
Surely ^(D)they shall come with speed, swiftly.
²⁷ No one will be weary or stumble among them,
No one will slumber or sleep;
Nor ^(E)will the belt on their loins be loosed,
Nor the strap of their sandals be broken;
^28 (F)Whose arrows are sharp,
And all their bows bent;
Their horses’ hooves will ^[a]seem like flint,
And their wheels like a whirlwind.
²⁹ Their roaring will be like a lion,
They will roar like young lions;
Yes, they will roar
And lay hold of the prey;
They will carry it away safely,
And no one will deliver.
³⁰ In that day they will roar against them
Like the roaring of the sea.
And if one ^(G)looks to the land,
Behold, darkness and ^[b]sorrow;
And the light is darkened by the clouds.