In my vision the Babylonians set the tables. They spread out the rugs. They eat and drink. Get up, you officers! Rub your shields with oil!

他们摆设筵席，派人守望，又吃又喝。首领啊，你们起来，用油抹盾牌。

有人摆设筵席，铺上地毯，又吃又喝。“官长啊，起来，抹亮盾牌。”

有人摆设筵席，铺上地毯，又吃又喝。“官长啊，起来，抹亮盾牌。”

他们摆设宴席，坐在地毯上又吃又喝。突然有人大喊：“官长啊，起来擦亮盾牌，备战吧！”

他们摆设筵席，铺张地毡，又吃又喝。领袖们，起来吧！用油抹净盾牌。

筵席已摆设，地毯已铺上，人们又吃又喝——首领们哪，起来！用油擦抹盾牌！

他們擺設筵席，派人守望，又吃又喝。首領啊，你們起來，用油抹盾牌。

有人擺設筵席，鋪上地毯，又吃又喝。「官長啊，起來，抹亮盾牌。」

有人擺設筵席，鋪上地毯，又吃又喝。「官長啊，起來，抹亮盾牌。」

他們擺設宴席，坐在地毯上又吃又喝。突然有人大喊：「官長啊，起來擦亮盾牌，備戰吧！」

他們擺設筵席，鋪張地氈，又吃又喝。領袖們，起來吧！用油抹淨盾牌。

他們擺設筵席，鋪着氈毯，又喫又喝。將領們、起來哦！用油抹盾牌哦！

筵席已擺設，地毯已鋪上，人們又吃又喝——首領們哪，起來！用油擦抹盾牌！

設筵席、置守望、式飲式食、牧伯乎、起而膏盾、

設席宴享、爰遣邏卒巡更、呼曰、群伯速興、備爾干戈、

適設席肆筵、又遣守望者守望、又遣守望者守望或作又鋪華毯式飲式食、忽有聲曰、將帥咸起、執爾器械、執爾器械原文作以油膏盾

They set the tables, they spread the rugs, they eat, they drink! Get up, you officers, oil the shields!

They prepare the table, they spread the rugs, they eat, they drink. Arise, O princes; oil the shield!

Look! They are preparing a great feast. They are spreading rugs for people to sit on. Everyone is eating and drinking. But quick! Grab your shields and prepare for battle. You are being attacked!

Prepare a table, and spread out a carpet! Eat and drink! Rise up, you princes, and oil the shields!

They set the table, they spread out the cloth, they eat, they drink;“ Rise up, captains, oil the shields!”

Prepare the table, Set a watchman in the tower, Eat and drink. Arise, you princes, Anoint the shield!

They prepare the table, they set the watch, they eat, they drink: rise up, ye princes, anoint the shield.

Prepare a table, and spread out a carpet! Eat and drink! Rise up, you princes, and oil the shields!

Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes,[ and] anoint the shield.

Arrange the table, lay out the carpet, eat and drink! Get up, you officers, smear oil on the shields!

They prepare the table. They set the watch. They eat. They drink. Rise up, you princes, oil the shield!

They are stirred up. So I will set a feast in front of them. I will make them drunk. And they will shout and laugh. But then they will lie down and die. They will never wake up,” announces the Lord.

I will make Babylon’s officials and wise men drunk. I will do the same thing to its governors, officers and soldiers. They will lie down and die. They will never wake up,” announces the King. His name is the Lord Who Rules Over All.

Did I fight wild animals in Ephesus with nothing more than human hopes? Then what have I gotten for it? If the dead are not raised,“ Let us eat and drink, because tomorrow we will die.”( Isaiah 22:13)

“ I have stirred up you kings of the Medes. So sharpen your arrows! Get your shields! I plan to destroy Babylon. I will pay the Babylonians back. They have destroyed my temple.

King Belshazzar gave a huge banquet. He invited a thousand of his nobles to it. He drank wine with them.While Belshazzar was drinking his wine, he gave orders to his servants. He commanded them to bring in some gold and silver cups. They were the cups his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem. Belshazzar had them brought in so everyone could drink from them. That included the king himself, his nobles, his wives and his concubines.So the servants brought in the gold cups. The cups had been taken from God’s temple in Jerusalem. The king and his nobles drank from them. So did his wives and concubines.As they drank the wine, they praised their gods. The statues of those gods were made out of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood or stone.Suddenly the fingers of a human hand appeared. They wrote something on the plaster of the palace wall. It happened near the lampstand. The king watched the hand as it wrote.

Lift up a banner on the top of a bare hill. Shout to the enemy soldiers. Wave for them to enter the gates that are used by the nobles of Babylon.

“ Cyrus is my anointed king. I take hold of his right hand. I give him the power to bring nations under his control. I help him strip kings of their power to go to war against him. I break city gates open so he can go through them. I say to him,‘ I will march out ahead of you. I will make the mountains level. I will break down bronze gates. I will cut through their heavy iron bars.I will give you treasures that are hidden away. I will give you riches that are stored up in secret places. Then you will know that I am the Lord. I am the God of Israel. I am sending for you by name.

“ Nations, lift up a banner in the land of Babylon! Blow a trumpet among yourselves! Prepare yourselves for battle against Babylon. Send the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni and Ashkenaz against it. Appoint a commander against it. Send many horses against it. Let them be as many as a huge number of locusts.Prepare yourselves for battle against Babylon. Prepare the kings of the Medes. Prepare their governors and all their officials. Prepare all the countries they rule over.

Instead, you are enjoying yourselves at wild parties! You are killing cattle and sheep. You are eating their meat and drinking wine. You are saying,“ Let’s eat and drink, because tomorrow we’ll die.”I heard the Lord who rules over all speaking.“ Your sin can never be paid for as long as you live,” says the Lord.

The Lord will stir up the Medes to attack the Babylonians. They aren’t interested in getting silver. They don’t want gold.Instead, they will use their bows and arrows to strike down the young men. They won’t even show any mercy to babies. They won’t take pity on children.