¹¹ Sharpen the arrows.
    Gather the shields.
The Lord has raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes.
    For His device is against Babylon, to destroy it;
because it is the vengeance of the Lord,
    the vengeance of His temple.
¹² Set up the standard against the walls of Babylon,
    make the watch strong,
set up the watchmen,
    prepare the ambushes.
For the Lord has both devised and done
    that which He spoke against the inhabitants of Babylon.
¹³ O you who dwell by many waters,
    abundant in treasures,
your end has come,
    and the measure of your end.
¹⁴ The Lord of Hosts has sworn by Himself,
    saying: Surely I will fill you with men, as with locusts,
    and they will lift up shouts of victory against you.