“Deploy your shields, small and large; advance for battle!
They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! Rise up, O princes, oil the shields!
Draw your water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. Work the clay and tread the mortar; repair the brick kiln!
Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is aim
Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!
One who scatters advances against you, O Nineveh. Guard the fortress! Watch the road! Brace yourselves! Summon all your
Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered