⁹ Proclaim this among the nations:
    Prepare for war!^(A)
Rouse the warriors!^(B)
    Let all the fighting men draw near and attack.

³ “Prepare your shields,^(A) both large and small,
    and march out for battle!
⁴ Harness the horses,
    mount the steeds!
Take your positions
    with helmets on!
Polish^(B) your spears,
    put on your armor!^(C)

⁹ Raise the war cry,^[a](A) you nations, and be shattered!^(B)
    Listen, all you distant lands.
Prepare^(C) for battle, and be shattered!
    Prepare for battle, and be shattered!
¹⁰ Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted;^(D)
    propose your plan, but it will not stand,^(E)
    for God is with us.^[b](F)

¹⁰ “Hear the word of the Lord, you nations;
    proclaim it in distant coastlands:^(A)
‘He who scattered^(B) Israel will gather^(C) them
    and will watch over his flock like a shepherd.’^(D)

“As for the prophets
    who lead my people astray,^(A)
they proclaim ‘peace’^(B)
    if they have something to eat,
but prepare to wage war against anyone
    who refuses to feed them.

² “Announce and proclaim^(A) among the nations,
    lift up a banner^(B) and proclaim it;
    keep nothing back, but say,
‘Babylon will be captured;^(C)
    Bel^(D) will be put to shame,^(E)
    Marduk^(F) filled with terror.
Her images will be put to shame
    and her idols^(G) filled with terror.’