Nineveh, armies are coming to attack you. Guard the forts! Watch the roads! Get ready! Gather all your strength!

尼尼微啊，那打碎邦国的上来攻击你。你要看守保障，谨防道路，使腰强壮，大大勉力。

那打碎你的人上到你面前。要看守堡垒，把守道路，要挺起腰来，大大使力。

那打碎你的人上到你面前。要看守堡垒，把守道路，要挺起腰来，大大使力。

尼尼微啊，攻击者已经向你扑来。你要进驻堡垒，把守道路，集中全力，准备上阵！

尼尼微啊！那分散邦国的必上来攻击你，你要固守堡垒，严防要道，束紧你的腰，大大增强你的力量。（本节在《马索拉文本》为2:2）

尼尼微啊，那打碎邦國的上來攻擊你。你要看守保障，謹防道路，使腰強壯，大大勉力。（

那打碎你的人上到你面前。要看守堡壘，把守道路，要挺起腰來，大大使力。

那打碎你的人上到你面前。要看守堡壘，把守道路，要挺起腰來，大大使力。

尼尼微啊，攻擊者已經向你撲來。你要進駐堡壘，把守道路，集中全力，準備上陣！

尼尼微啊！那分散邦國的必上來攻擊你，你要固守堡壘，嚴防要道，束緊你的腰，大大增強你的力量。（本節在《馬索拉抄本》為2:2）

尼尼微啊，那擊碎邦國者上來攻擊你呢！你務要固守堡障，防衛道路，緊束腰身，拚命奮力哦！（

行破壞者至而攻爾、當守保障、防道路、強健爾腰、大奮爾力、

滅天下者、已至爾境、命戍稽察、設兵守險、束爾腰、施爾力、以為扞禦、

尼尼微歟、滅列國者、已至攻爾、當守保障、防護道路、緊束爾腰、大勉爾力、

An attacker advances against you, Nineveh. Guard the fortress, watch the road, brace yourselves, marshal all your strength!

The scatterer has come up against you. Man the ramparts; watch the road; dress for battle; collect all your strength.

Your enemy is coming to crush you, Nineveh. Man the ramparts! Watch the roads! Prepare your defenses! Call out your forces!

One who scatters is coming up against you. Man the fortifications! Watch the road! Brace yourself! Summon all your strength!

The one who scatters has come up against you. Keep watch over the fortress, watch the road; Bind up your waist, summon all your strength.

He who scatters has come up before your face. Man the fort! Watch the road! Strengthen your flanks! Fortify your power mightily.

He that dasheth in pieces is come up against thee: keep the fortress, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.

One who scatters is coming up against you. Man the fortifications! Watch the road! Brace yourself! Summon all your strength!

He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make[ thy] loins strong, fortify[ thy] power mightily.

( 2: 2) The watchmen of Nineveh shout:“ An enemy who will scatter you is marching out to attack you!”“ Guard the rampart! Watch the road! Prepare yourselves for battle! Muster your mighty strength!”

He who dashes in pieces has come up against you. Keep the fortress! Watch the way! Strengthen your waist! Fortify your power mightily!

“ Babylon, you are my war club. You are my weapon for battle. I use you to destroy nations. I use you to wipe out kingdoms.I use you to destroy horses and their riders. I use you to destroy chariots and their drivers.I use you to destroy men and women. I use you to destroy old people and young people. I use you to destroy young men and young women.I use you to destroy shepherds and their flocks. I use you to destroy farmers and their oxen. I use you to destroy governors and officials.

It has been broken to pieces. It was the hammer that broke the whole earth. How empty Babylon is among the nations!

Go and fight bravely in battle if you want to. But God will destroy you right in front of your enemies. God has the power to help you or destroy you.”

Announce this among the nations. Tell them to prepare for battle. Nations, get your soldiers ready! Bring all your fighting men together and march out to attack.Hammer your plows into swords. Hammer your pruning tools into spears. Let anyone who is weak say,“ I am strong!”Come quickly, all you surrounding nations. Gather together in the Valley of Jehoshaphat. Lord, send down your soldiers from heaven!

Prepare for the attack by storing up water! Make your walls as strong as you can! Make some bricks out of clay! Mix the mud to hold them together! Use them to repair the walls!In spite of all your hard work, fire will burn you up inside your city. Your enemies will cut you down with their swords. They will destroy you just as a swarm of locusts eats up crops. Multiply like grasshoppers! Increase your numbers like locusts!

When they became angry, they struck down nations. Their blows never stopped. In their anger they brought nations under their control. They attacked them again and again.

“ Egyptians, prepare your shields! Prepare large and small shields alike! March out for battle!Get the horses and chariots ready to ride! Take up your battle positions! Put on your helmets! Shine up your spears! Put on your armor!What do I see? The Egyptians are terrified. They are pulling back. Their soldiers are losing. They run away as fast as they can. They do not look back. There is terror on every side,” announces the Lord.“ Those who run fast can’t get away. Those who are strong can’t escape. In the north by the Euphrates River they trip and fall.“ Who is this that rises like the Nile River? Who rises like rivers of rushing waters?Egypt rises like the Nile River. It rises like rivers of rushing waters. Egypt says,‘ I will rise and cover the earth. I’ll destroy cities and their people.’Charge, you horses! Drive fast, you chariot drivers! March on, you soldiers! March on, you men of Cush and Put who carry shields. March on, you men of Lydia who shoot arrows.But that day belongs to me. I am the Lord who rules over all. It is a day for me to pay back my enemies. My sword will eat until it is satisfied. It will drink until it is not thirsty for blood anymore. I am the Lord. I am the Lord who rules over all. I will offer a sacrifice. I will offer it in the land of the north by the Euphrates River.

“ 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.Lift up a banner! Attack Babylon’s walls! Put more guards on duty! Station more of them to watch over you! Hide and wait to attack them! I will do what I have planned. I will do what I have decided to do against the people of Babylon.

So I will send for all the nations in the north. And I will send for my servant Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon,’ announces the Lord.‘ I will bring all of them against this land and against you who live here. They will march out against all the nations that are around this land. I will set apart Judah and the nations around it in a special way to be destroyed. People will be shocked because of them. And they will make fun of them. Those nations will be destroyed forever.