¹⁴ Draw water for the siege,^(A)
    strengthen your defenses!^(B)
Work the clay,
    tread the mortar,
    repair the brickwork!

⁹ Proclaim this among the nations:
    Prepare for war!^(A)
Rouse the warriors!^(B)
    Let all the fighting men draw near and attack.
¹⁰ Beat your plowshares into swords
    and your pruning hooks^(C) into spears.^(D)
Let the weakling^(E) say,
    “I am strong!”^(F)
11 Come quickly, all you nations from every side,
    and assemble^(G) there.

Bring down your warriors,^(H) Lord!

⁹ Charge, you horses!
    Drive furiously, you charioteers!^(A)
March on, you warriors—men of Cush^[a](B) and Put who carry shields,
    men of Lydia^(C) who draw the bow.

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)

²⁵ I have dug wells in foreign lands^[a]
    and drunk the water there.
With the soles of my feet
    I have dried up^(A) all the streams of Egypt.^(B)’

⁹ You saw that the walls of the City of David
    were broken through^(A) in many places;
you stored up water
    in the Lower Pool.^(B)
10 You counted the buildings in Jerusalem
    and tore down houses^(C) to strengthen the wall.^(D)
11 You built a reservoir between the two walls^(E)
    for the water of the Old Pool,^(F)
but you did not look to the One who made it,
    or have regard^(G) for the One who planned^(H) it long ago.

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!