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

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

“ 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.

But if you will go, take action, and be strong for the battle. God will overthrow you before the enemy; for God has power to help, and to overthrow.”

Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon! Make the watch strong! Set the watchmen, and prepare the ambushes; for Yahweh has both purposed and done that which he spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.

this is the word which Yahweh has spoken concerning him. The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and ridiculed you. The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.

Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take counsel together, against Yahweh, and against his Anointed, saying,“ Let’s break their bonds apart, and cast their cords from us.”He who sits in the heavens will laugh. The Lord will have them in derision.

Proclaim this among the nations:“ Prepare for war! Stir up the mighty men. Let all the warriors draw near. Let them come up.Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say,‘ I am strong.’Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves together.” Cause your mighty ones to come down there, Yahweh.“ Let the nations arouse themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.

Make an uproar, you peoples, and be broken in pieces! Listen, all you from far countries: dress for battle, and be shattered! Dress for battle, and be shattered!Take counsel together, and it will be brought to nothing; speak the word, and it will not stand, for God is with us.”

“ Therefore thus I will do to you, Israel; because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, Israel.

“ Prepare the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle!Harness the horses, and get up, you horsemen, and stand up with your helmets. Polish the spears, put on the coats of mail.Why have I seen it? They are dismayed and are turned backward. Their mighty ones are beaten down, have fled in haste, and don’t look back. Terror is on every side,” says Yahweh.

For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city will be taken, the houses rifled, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go out into captivity, and the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city.Then Yahweh will go out and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

“ Declare in Egypt, publish in Migdol, and publish in Memphis and in Tahpanhes: say,‘ Stand up, and prepare; for the sword has devoured around you.’Why are your strong ones swept away? They didn’t stand, because Yahweh pushed them.He made many to stumble. Yes, they fell on one another. They said,‘ Arise! Let’s go again to our own people, and to the land of our birth, from the oppressing sword.’