He remembers his officers; They stumble in their advance, They hurry to her wall, And the mantelet is set up.

尼尼微王招聚他的贵胄；他们步行绊跌，速上城墙，预备挡牌。

他招聚他的贵族；他们前行时绊跌，速上城墙，预备屏障。

他招聚他的贵族；他们前行时绊跌，速上城墙，预备屏障。

亚述王召集将领，他们一路跌跌撞撞，奔上城墙，架起防御盾牌。

亚述王召集他的权臣，他们跌跌撞撞而来，急急忙忙走上城墙，竖起了防御的挡牌。

尼尼微王招聚他的貴冑；他們步行絆跌，速上城牆，預備擋牌。

他招聚他的貴族；他們前行時絆跌，速上城牆，預備屏障。

他招聚他的貴族；他們前行時絆跌，速上城牆，預備屏障。

亞述王召集將領，他們一路跌跌撞撞，奔上城牆，架起防禦盾牌。

亞述王召集他的權臣，他們跌跌撞撞而來，急急忙忙走上城牆，豎起了防禦的擋牌。

王召集了他的貴族；他們東摔西倒而步行，急急忙忙上城牆，擋牌便立起。

彼召其顯者、乃竭蹶而行、速至城垣、以備扞禦、

尼尼微王召厥有能之士、趑趄而至、築女墻、登埤扞禦

彼彼即尼尼微王召其有能之士、彼行走行走或作行時顛蹶、疾登邑垣、以備扞禦、

Nineveh summons her picked troops, yet they stumble on their way. They dash to the city wall; the protective shield is put in place.

Nineveh sends for their special troops. But they trip and fall on their way. They run toward the city wall. They keep their shield in front of them.

He remembers his officers; they stumble as they go, they hasten to the wall; the siege tower is set up.

The king shouts to his officers; they stumble in their haste, rushing to the walls to set up their defenses.

He gives orders to his officers; they stumble as they advance. They race to its wall; the protective shield is set in place.

He remembers his nobles; They stumble in their walk; They make haste to her walls, And the defense is prepared.

He remembereth his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared.

He gives orders to his officers; they stumble as they advance. They race to its wall; the protective shield is set in place.

He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.

The commander orders his officers; they stumble as they advance; they rush to the city wall and they set up the covered siege tower.

He summons his picked troops. They stumble on their way. They dash to its wall, and the protective shield is put in place.

The nations have heard of your shame, And the earth is full of your cry of distress; For one warrior has stumbled over another, And both of them have fallen down together.

“ Summon many against Babylon, All those who bend the bow: Encamp against her on every side, Let there be no escape. Repay her according to her work; According to all that she has done, so do to her; For she has become arrogant against the Lord, Against the Holy One of Israel.

Lift up a signal flag in the land, Blow a trumpet among the nations! Consecrate the nations against her, Summon against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz; Appoint an officer against her, Bring up the horses like bristly locusts.Consecrate the nations against her, The kings of the Medes, Their governors and all their officials, And every land under their control.

Your shepherds are sleeping, O king of Assyria; Your officers are lying down. Your people are scattered on the mountains And there is no one to gather them.

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

No one in it is tired or stumbles, No one slumbers or sleeps; Nor is the undergarment at his waist loosened, Nor his sandal strap broken.

Horsemen charging, Swords flashing, spears gleaming, Many killed, a mass of corpses, And there is no end to the dead bodies— They stumble over the dead bodies!