11. ‘Sharpen the arrows,take up the shields!The Lord has stirred up the kings of the Medes,because his purpose is to destroy Babylon.The Lord will take vengeance,vengeance for his temple.
12. Lift up a banner against the walls of Babylon!Reinforce the guard,station the watchmen,prepare an ambush!The Lord will carry out his purpose,his decree against the people of Babylon.
13. You who live by many watersand are rich in treasures,your end has come,the time for you to be destroyed.
14. The Lord Almighty has sworn by himself:I will surely fill you with troops, as with a swarm of locusts,and they will shout in triumph over you.
15. ‘He made the earth by his power;he founded the world by his wisdomand stretched out the heavens by his understanding.
16. When he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar;he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth.He sends lightning with the rainand brings out the wind from his storehouses.