“ Prepare for battle against her! Arise, let us attack at noon! But, alas, the daylight is fading, and the shadows of evening grow long.

你们要准备攻击她。起来吧，我们可以趁午时上去。哀哉！日已渐斜，晚影拖长了。

“你们要准备攻击它。起来吧，我们要趁正午上去。”“哀哉！日已渐斜，黄昏的影子拖长了。”

“你们要准备攻击它。起来吧，我们要趁正午上去。”“哀哉！日已渐斜，黄昏的影子拖长了。”

他们喊道，‘准备作战！我们中午攻城。’他们后来说，‘唉！日已西沉，天色渐暗。

“你们要备战攻击她！起来！我们趁着正午上去。唉！可惜日渐西沉，暮影拖长了！

你們要準備攻擊她。起來吧，我們可以趁午時上去。哀哉！日已漸斜，晚影拖長了。

「你們要準備攻擊它。起來吧，我們要趁正午上去。」「哀哉！日已漸斜，黃昏的影子拖長了。」

「你們要準備攻擊它。起來吧，我們要趁正午上去。」「哀哉！日已漸斜，黃昏的影子拖長了。」

他們喊道，『準備作戰！我們中午攻城。』他們後來說，『唉！日已西沉，天色漸暗。

“你們要備戰攻擊她！起來！我們趁著正午上去。唉！可惜日漸西沉，暮影拖長了！

『你們要行聖禮備戰來攻擊她；起來！我們趁中午上去！唉，我們不得了啦！日已漸斜了！暮影拖長了！』

爾其備戰、我儕其起、乘午以上、禍哉、日已西斜、夕影長矣、

敵曰、興戎攻城、勿過日午、如待日昃、薄暮將至、行路尤難。

敵曰、當備戰攻城、我儕當興、乘午時前往而攻、惜哉、日已昃、日影已長、

The Babylonians say,“ Prepare for battle against Judah! Get up! Let’s attack them at noon! But the daylight is fading. The shadows of evening are getting longer.

“ Prepare war against her; arise, and let us attack at noon! Woe to us, for the day declines, for the shadows of evening lengthen!

They shout,‘ Prepare for battle! Attack at noon!’‘ No, it’s too late; the day is fading, and the evening shadows are falling.’

Set them apart for war against her; rise up, let’s attack at noon. Woe to us, for the day is passing; the evening shadows grow long.

‘ Prepare for war against her; Arise, and let’s attack at noon. Woe to us, for the day declines, For the shadows of the evening lengthen!

“ Prepare war against her; Arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe to us, for the day goes away, For the shadows of the evening are lengthening.

Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day declineth, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.

Set them apart for war against her; rise up, let’s attack at noon. Woe to us, for the day is passing; the evening shadows grow long.

Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.

They will say,‘ Prepare to do battle against it! Come on! Let’s attack it at noon!’ But later they will say,‘ Oh, oh! Too bad! The day is almost over and the shadows of evening are getting long.

“ Prepare war against her! Arise! Let’s go up at noon. Woe to us! For the day declines, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.

I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. At midday I will bring a destroyer against the mothers of their young men; suddenly I will bring down on them anguish and terror.

Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare for war! Rouse the warriors! Let all the fighting men draw near and attack.

Gaza will be abandoned and Ashkelon left in ruins. At midday Ashdod will be emptied and Ekron uprooted.

“ The harvest is past, the summer has ended, and we are not saved.”

“ Lift up a banner in the land! Blow the trumpet among the nations! Prepare the nations for battle against her; summon against her these kingdoms: Ararat, Minni and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander against her; send up horses like a swarm of locusts.Prepare the nations for battle against her— the kings of the Medes, their governors and all their officials, and all the countries they rule.

“ Go through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not destroy them completely. Strip off her branches, for these people do not belong to the Lord.

Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or like a young stag on the rugged hills.

He lifts up a banner for the distant nations, he whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Here they come, swiftly and speedily!Not one of them grows tired or stumbles, not one slumbers or sleeps; not a belt is loosened at the waist, not a sandal strap is broken.Their arrows are sharp, all their bows are strung; their horses’ hooves seem like flint, their chariot wheels like a whirlwind.Their roar is like that of the lion, they roar like young lions; they growl as they seize their prey and carry it off with no one to rescue.In that day they will roar over it like the roaring of the sea. And if one looks at the land, there is only darkness and distress; even the sun will be darkened by clouds.

Raise a banner on a bare hilltop, shout to them; beckon to them to enter the gates of the nobles.I have commanded those I prepared for battle; I have summoned my warriors to carry out my wrath— those who rejoice in my triumph.Listen, a noise on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations massing together! The Lord Almighty is mustering an army for war.They come from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens— the Lord and the weapons of his wrath— to destroy the whole country.