“ Be ready, and be prepared, you and all your contingents that are assembled around you, and be a guard for them.

“那聚集到你这里的各队都当准备；你自己也要准备，作他们的大帅。

“你和聚集到你那里的军队都要预备，预备妥当，你要作他们的守卫。

“你和聚集到你那里的军队都要预备，预备妥当，你要作他们的守卫。

“‘你和你的联军都要预备好，你要做他们的统帅。

“‘你要准备好，你和那聚集到你那里的各队都要准备好；你要作他们的大帅。

「那聚集到你這裏的各隊都當準備；你自己也要準備，作他們的大帥。

「你和聚集到你那裏的軍隊都要預備，預備妥當，你要作他們的守衛。

「你和聚集到你那裏的軍隊都要預備，預備妥當，你要作他們的守衛。

「『你和你的聯軍都要預備好，你要做他們的統帥。

“‘你要準備好，你和那聚集到你那裡的各隊都要準備好；你要作他們的大帥。

『你要準備，你的各團隊、那聚集到你左右的、都要各自準備；你要做他們的護衛帥。

爾與同集之軍、當預備之、爾為其帥、

爾及同盟者、當預為備、爾統率之、

爾與會集助爾之軍眾、當預為備、爾為其大帥、

“‘ Get ready; be prepared, you and all the hordes gathered about you, and take command of them.

“‘ “Get ready. Be prepared. Take command of the huge armies gathered around you.

“ Be ready and keep ready, you and all your hosts that are assembled about you, and be a guard for them.

“ Get ready; be prepared! Keep all the armies around you mobilized, and take command of them.

“‘ Be prepared and get yourself ready, you and your whole assembly that has been mobilized around you; you will be their guard.

“ Prepare yourself and be ready, you and all your companies that are gathered about you; and be a guard for them.

Be thou prepared, yea, prepare thyself, thou, and all thy companies that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.

“ Be prepared and get yourself ready, you and all your company who have been mobilized around you; you will be their guard.

Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.

“‘ Be ready and stay ready, you and all your companies assembled around you, and be a guard for them.

“‘“ Be prepared, yes, prepare yourself, you, and all your companies who are assembled to you, and be a guard to them.

But if you do go, do it, be strong for the battle; yet God will bring you down before the enemy, for God has the power to help and to bring down.”

Lift up a signal flag against the walls of Babylon; Post a strong guard, Station sentries, Set up an ambush! For the Lord has both planned and performed What He spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.

this is the word that the Lord has spoken against him:“ She has shown contempt for you and derided you, The virgin daughter of Zion; The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head behind you!

Why are the nations restless And the peoples plotting in vain?The kings of the earth take their stand And the rulers conspire together Against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying,“ Let’s tear their shackles apart And throw their ropes away from us!”He who sits in the heavens laughs, The Lord scoffs at them.

Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare for holy war; stir up the warriors! Have all the soldiers come forward, have them come up!Beat your plowshares into swords, And your pruning hooks into spears; Let the weak man say,“ I am a warrior.”Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations, And gather yourselves there. Bring down, Lord, Your warriors.Let the nations be awakened And come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, For there I will sit to judge All the surrounding nations.

“ Be broken, you peoples, and be shattered; And listen, all remote places of the earth. Get ready, yet be shattered; Get ready, yet be shattered.Devise a plan, but it will fail; State a proposal, but it will not stand, For God is with us.”

“ Therefore so I will do to you, Israel; Because I will do this to you, Prepare to meet your God, Israel.”

“ Set up the buckler and shield, And advance to the battle!Harness the horses, And mount the steeds, Take your stand with helmets on! Polish the spears, Put on the coats of armor!Why have I seen it? They are terrified, They are retreating, And their warriors are defeated And have taken refuge in flight, Without facing back. Terror is on every side!” Declares the Lord.

For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city will be taken, the houses plundered, the women raped, and half of the city exiled, but the rest of the people will not be eliminated from the city.Then the Lord will go forth and fight against those nations, as when He fights on a day of battle.

“ Declare in Egypt and proclaim in Migdol, Proclaim also in Memphis and Tahpanhes; Say,‘ Take your stand and get yourself ready, For the sword has devoured those around you.’Why have your powerful ones been cut down? They do not stand because the Lord has thrust them away.They have repeatedly stumbled; Indeed, they have fallen, one against another. Then they said,‘ Get up, and let’s go back To our own people and our native land, Away from the sword of the oppressor!’