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 donethat 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.
15. He has made the earth by His power;He has established the world by His wisdom,and has stretched out the heaven by His understanding.
16. When He utters His voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens,and He causes the clouds to ascend from the remote parts of the earth;He makes lightning with rain,and brings out the wind from His storehouses.