Parallel Verses
- Amplified Bible - Sharpen the arrows, take up the shields [and cover yourselves]! The Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, Because His purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy it; For that is the vengeance of the Lord, vengeance [on Babylon] for [plundering and destroying] His temple.
- 新标点和合本 - 你们要磨尖了箭头， 抓住盾牌。 耶和华定意攻击巴比伦，将他毁灭，所以激动了玛代君王的心；因这是耶和华报仇，就是为自己的殿报仇。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 你们要磨尖箭头， 抓住盾牌。 论到巴比伦，耶和华定意要毁灭它，所以激起玛代君王的心；这是耶和华报仇，为他的圣殿报仇。
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 你们要磨尖箭头， 抓住盾牌。 论到巴比伦，耶和华定意要毁灭它，所以激起玛代君王的心；这是耶和华报仇，为他的圣殿报仇。
- 当代译本 - “要磨尖箭头，拿起盾牌！ 耶和华已激起玛代诸王的敌意， 因为祂决意要毁灭巴比伦， 祂要报仇，为祂的圣殿被毁报仇。
- 圣经新译本 - 你们要磨尖箭头，拿起盾牌（“拿起盾牌”《七十士译本》译作“装满箭袋”）； 耶和华定意要毁灭巴比伦， 所以激动玛代诸王的心； 这是耶和华的报复， 就是为他的殿而施行的报复。
- 现代标点和合本 - 你们要磨尖了箭头， 抓住盾牌。 耶和华定意攻击巴比伦，将她毁灭，所以激动了玛代君王的心，因这是耶和华报仇，就是为自己的殿报仇。
- 和合本（拼音版） - 你们要磨尖了箭头， 抓住盾牌， 耶和华定意攻击巴比伦，将他毁灭，所以激动了玛代君王的心，因这是耶和华报仇，就是为自己的殿报仇。
- New International Version - “Sharpen the arrows, take up the shields! The Lord has stirred up the kings of the Medes, because his purpose is to destroy Babylon. The Lord will take vengeance, vengeance for his temple.
- New International Reader's Version - “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.
- English Standard Version - “Sharpen the arrows! Take up the shields! The Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because his purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy it, for that is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance for his temple.
- New Living Translation - Sharpen the arrows! Lift up the shields! For the Lord has inspired the kings of the Medes to march against Babylon and destroy her. This is his vengeance against those who desecrated his Temple.
- The Message - “Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! God has stirred up the kings of the Medes, infecting them with war fever: ‘Destroy Babylon!’ God’s on the warpath. He’s out to avenge his Temple. Give the signal to attack Babylon’s walls. Station guards around the clock. Bring in reinforcements. Set men in ambush. God will do what he planned, what he said he’d do to the people of Babylon. You have more water than you need, you have more money than you need— But your life is over, your lifeline cut.” * * *
- Christian Standard Bible - Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The Lord has roused the spirit of the kings of the Medes because his plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the Lord’s vengeance, vengeance for his temple.
- New American Standard Bible - Sharpen the arrows, fill the quivers! The Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, Because His plan is against Babylon to destroy it; For it is the vengeance of the Lord, vengeance for His temple.
- New King James Version - Make the arrows bright! Gather the shields! The Lord has raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes. For His plan is against Babylon to destroy it, Because it is the vengeance of the Lord, The vengeance for His temple.
- American Standard Version - Make sharp the arrows; hold firm the shields: Jehovah hath stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes; because his purpose is against Babylon, to destroy it: for it is the vengeance of Jehovah, the vengeance of his temple.
- King James Version - Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the Lord hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance of his temple.
- New English Translation - “Sharpen your arrows! Fill your quivers! The Lord will arouse a spirit of hostility in the kings of Media. For he intends to destroy Babylonia. For that is how the Lord will get his revenge – how he will get his revenge for the Babylonians’ destruction of his temple.
- World English Bible - “Make the arrows sharp! Hold the shields firmly! Yahweh has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because his purpose is against Babylon, to destroy it; for it is the vengeance of Yahweh, the vengeance of his temple.
- 新標點和合本 - 你們要磨尖了箭頭， 抓住盾牌。 耶和華定意攻擊巴比倫，將她毀滅，所以激動了米底亞君王的心；因這是耶和華報仇，就是為自己的殿報仇。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 你們要磨尖箭頭， 抓住盾牌。 論到巴比倫，耶和華定意要毀滅它，所以激起瑪代君王的心；這是耶和華報仇，為他的聖殿報仇。
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 你們要磨尖箭頭， 抓住盾牌。 論到巴比倫，耶和華定意要毀滅它，所以激起瑪代君王的心；這是耶和華報仇，為他的聖殿報仇。
- 當代譯本 - 「要磨尖箭頭，拿起盾牌！ 耶和華已激起瑪代諸王的敵意， 因為祂決意要毀滅巴比倫， 祂要報仇，為祂的聖殿被毀報仇。
- 聖經新譯本 - 你們要磨尖箭頭，拿起盾牌（“拿起盾牌”《七十士譯本》譯作“裝滿箭袋”）； 耶和華定意要毀滅巴比倫， 所以激動瑪代諸王的心； 這是耶和華的報復， 就是為他的殿而施行的報復。
- 呂振中譯本 - 『你們要把箭頭磨光， 把全副武器裝束起來； 因為永恆主定意擊打 巴比倫 ，將她毁滅， 故此永恆主激動了 瑪代 王 的心 ； 因為這是永恆主的報復， 為他的殿 而行 的報復。
- 現代標點和合本 - 你們要磨尖了箭頭， 抓住盾牌。 耶和華定意攻擊巴比倫，將她毀滅，所以激動了瑪代君王的心，因這是耶和華報仇，就是為自己的殿報仇。
- 文理和合譯本 - 礪乃矢、執乃盾、耶和華感瑪代諸王之心、以其定志滅巴比倫、斯乃耶和華復仇、為其殿宇復仇也、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 今耶和華震怒、欲滅巴比倫、為其殿宇雪忿、故慫慂米太王、以攻爾邑、爾雖礪鏃執盾、邑垣建旆、戍樓鞏固、命戍稽察、設伏防禦、終歸無益、蓋我耶和華昔言降災巴比倫、今已有應。
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 當礪矢執盾、主感 瑪代 君王之心、來攻 巴比倫 、因主已定其志以滅 巴比倫 、此主復仇、即為其聖殿復仇、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - »¡Afilen las flechas! ¡Ármense con escudos! El Señor ha despertado el espíritu de los reyes de Media para destruir a Babilonia. Esta es la venganza del Señor, la venganza por su templo.
- 현대인의 성경 - 너희는 화살촉을 갈고 방패를 들어라! 여호와께서 바빌로니아를 멸망시키려고 메디아 왕들의 마음을 자극하셨으니 이것은 성전을 파괴한 자들에 대한 여호와의 보복이다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - – Точите стрелы, готовьте щиты! Господь распалил царей Мидии, потому что решил погубить Вавилон. Это Господне возмездие! Это возмездие за Его храм!
- Восточный перевод - Точите стрелы, готовьте щиты! Вечный распалил царей Мидии, потому что решил погубить Вавилон. Это возмездие Вечного! Это возмездие за Его храм!
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Точите стрелы, готовьте щиты! Вечный распалил царей Мидии, потому что решил погубить Вавилон. Это возмездие Вечного! Это возмездие за Его храм!
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Точите стрелы, готовьте щиты! Вечный распалил царей Мидии, потому что решил погубить Вавилон. Это возмездие Вечного! Это возмездие за Его храм!
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Aiguisez bien les flèches, prenez vos boucliers ! L’Eternel a excité ╵l’esprit des rois des Mèdes, car il a résolu ╵de ruiner Babylone ; ce sera la rétribution, ╵que l’Eternel exercera, ainsi il lui fera payer ╵ce qu’elle a fait contre son temple.
- リビングバイブル - 矢じりを研ぎ、盾を高く掲げなさい。 主はメディヤ人の王たちを勇気づけて バビロンに乗り込ませ、 これを滅ぼすことに決めたからです。 これが、神の民を虐待し、 神殿を汚した者たちへの報復です。
- Nova Versão Internacional - “Afiem as flechas, peguem os escudos! O Senhor incitou o espírito dos reis dos medos, porque seu propósito é destruir a Babilônia. O Senhor se vingará, se vingará de seu templo.
- Hoffnung für alle - Ich, der Herr, habe die Könige von Medien dazu gebracht, Babylon anzugreifen, denn ich will die Stadt vernichten. Ich räche mich an ihren Einwohnern, weil sie meinen Tempel zerstört haben. Schärft die Pfeile! Nehmt die Schilde!
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Hãy chuốt mũi tên cho nhọn! Hãy đưa khiên lên cho cao! Vì Chúa Hằng Hữu đã giục lòng các vua Mê-đi thi hành kế hoạch tấn công và tiêu diệt Ba-by-lôn. Đây là sự báo trả của Chúa, báo trả cho Đền Thờ của Ngài.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “จงลับลูกศรให้แหลมคม จงหยิบโล่ขึ้นเตรียมพร้อม องค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าได้ทรงเร่งเร้าเหล่ากษัตริย์แห่งมีเดีย เพราะทรงตั้งใจจะทำลายบาบิโลน องค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าจะทรงแก้แค้น แก้แค้นให้พระวิหารของพระองค์
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ลับลูกธนูให้คม และยกโล่พร้อมรบ พระผู้เป็นเจ้าได้กระตุ้นวิญญาณของบรรดากษัตริย์ของชาวมีเดีย เพราะพระองค์ประสงค์ที่จะทำลายบาบิโลน เพราะเป็นการแก้แค้นของพระผู้เป็นเจ้า แก้แค้นให้พระวิหารของพระองค์
Cross Reference
- Zechariah 12:2 - “Behold, I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that causes reeling (staggering) to all the surrounding peoples; and when the siege is against Jerusalem, it will also be against Judah.
- Zechariah 12:3 - And in that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who lift it will be severely injured. And all the nations of the earth will come and be gathered against it.
- Jeremiah 50:28 - Listen to the voice of the refugees who flee and escape from the land of Babylon, Proclaiming in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, The vengeance [of the Lord against the Chaldeans] for [plundering and destroying] His temple.
- Jeremiah 50:29 - “Call together many [archers] against Babylon, All those who bend the bow. Encamp against her on every side; Let no one from there escape. Repay her according to her actions; Just as she has done, do to her. For she has been proudly defiant and presumptuous against the Lord, Against the Holy One of Israel.
- Jeremiah 51:24 - “And I will [completely] repay Babylon and all the people of Chaldea for all the evil that they have done in Zion—before your very eyes [I will do it],” says the Lord.
- Jeremiah 51:35 - May the violence done to me and to my flesh and blood be upon Babylon,” The inhabitant of Zion will say; And, “May my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,” Jerusalem will say.
- Zechariah 14:2 - For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city will be captured and the houses plundered and the women ravished; and half of the city will be exiled, but the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city.
- Isaiah 46:11 - Calling a bird of prey from the east, From a far country, the man (Cyrus) of My purpose. Truly I have spoken; truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, be assured I will do it.
- Isaiah 10:26 - The Lord of hosts will brandish a whip against them like the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb; and His staff will be over the [Red] Sea and He will lift it up the way He did in [the flight from] Egypt.
- Ezra 1:1 - Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia [that is, the first year he ruled Babylon], in order to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah [the prophet], the Lord stirred up (put in motion) the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he sent a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying:
- Psalms 83:3 - They concoct crafty schemes against Your people, And conspire together against Your hidden and precious ones.
- Psalms 83:4 - They have said, “Come, and let us wipe them out as a nation; Let the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
- Psalms 83:5 - For they have conspired together with one mind; Against You they make a covenant—
- Psalms 83:6 - The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Of Moab and the Hagrites,
- Psalms 83:7 - Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre.
- Psalms 83:8 - Assyria also has joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot [the Ammonites and the Moabites] and have been an arm [of strength] to them. Selah.
- Psalms 83:9 - Deal with them as [You did] with Midian, As with Sisera and Jabin at the brook of Kishon,
- Isaiah 21:5 - They set the table [for the doomed banquet], they spread out the cloth, they eat, they drink; “Rise up, captains [of Belshazzar’s court], oil your shields [for battle, for your enemy is at the gates]!”
- Isaiah 41:25 - “I have stirred up and put into action one from the north [the king of Persia, Cyrus the Great], and he has come; From the rising of the sun he will call on My Name [in prayer]. And he will trample on [the Babylonian] officials as on mortar, Even as a potter treads clay.”
- Psalms 74:3 - Turn your footsteps [quickly] toward the perpetual ruins; The enemy has damaged everything within the sanctuary.
- Psalms 74:4 - In the midst of Your meeting place Your enemies have roared [with their battle cry]; They have set up their own emblems for signs [of victory].
- Psalms 74:5 - It seems as if one had lifted up An axe in a forest of trees [to set a record of destruction].
- Psalms 74:6 - And now all the carved work [of the meeting place] They smash with hatchets and hammers.
- Psalms 74:7 - They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; They have profaned the dwelling place of Your name.
- Psalms 74:8 - They said in their heart, “Let us completely subdue them.” They have burned all the meeting places of God in the land.
- Psalms 74:9 - We do not see our symbols; There is no longer any prophet [to guide us], Nor does any among us know for how long.
- Psalms 74:10 - O God, how long will the adversary scoff? Is the enemy to revile Your name forever?
- Psalms 74:11 - Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand [from judging the enemy]? Remove Your hand from Your chest, destroy them!
- Jeremiah 50:25 - The Lord has opened His armory And has brought out [the nations who unknowingly are] the weapons of His indignation (wrath), For it is a work of the Lord God of hosts In the land of the Chaldeans.
- Revelation 17:16 - And the ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the prostitute and will make her desolate and naked [stripped of her power and influence], and will eat her flesh and completely consume her with fire.
- Revelation 17:17 - For God has put it in their hearts to carry out His purpose by agreeing together to surrender their kingdom to the beast, until the [prophetic] words of God will be fulfilled.
- Jeremiah 51:12 - Set up a signal on the walls of Babylon [to spread the news]; Post a strong blockade, Station the guards, Prepare the men for ambush! For the Lord has both purposed and done That which He spoke against the people of Babylon.
- 1 Chronicles 5:26 - So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul, king of Assyria, [that is,] the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away into exile—the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh—and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river Gozan, [where they remain] to this day.
- Isaiah 13:17 - Listen carefully, I will put the Medes [in motion] against them, Who have no regard for silver and do not delight in gold [and therefore cannot be bribed].
- Isaiah 13:18 - Their bows will cut down the young men [of Babylon]; They will take no pity on the fruit of the womb, Their eyes will not look with compassion on the children.
- Jeremiah 50:14 - Set yourselves in battle formation against Babylon on every side, All you archers. Shoot at her! Do not spare the arrows, For she has sinned against the Lord.
- Jeremiah 50:15 - Raise the battle cry against her on every side! She has given her hand [in agreement] and has surrendered; her pillars have fallen, Her walls have been torn down. For this is the vengeance of the Lord: Take vengeance on her; As she has done [to others], do to her.
- 2 Chronicles 36:22 - Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia—in order to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah—the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he sent a proclamation throughout his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying,
- 1 Kings 11:23 - God also stirred up another adversary for Solomon, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his master, Hadadezer king of Zobah.
- Habakkuk 2:17 - For the violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you; The destruction of the animals will terrify you On account of human bloodshed and the violence done to the land, To the city and all its inhabitants.
- Habakkuk 2:18 - “What profit is the carved image when its maker has formed it? It is only a cast image, and a teacher of lies. For its maker trusts in his own creation [as his god] When he makes speechless idols.
- Habakkuk 2:19 - Woe (judgment is coming) to him who says to the wooden image, ‘Awake!’ And to the speechless stone, ‘Arise!’ And that is your teacher? Look, it is overlaid with gold and silver, And there is no breath at all inside it.
- Habakkuk 2:20 - But the Lord is in His holy temple. Let all the earth hush and be silent before Him.”
- 1 Kings 11:14 - Then the Lord stirred up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was of royal descent in Edom.
- Isaiah 45:1 - This is what the Lord says to His anointed, to Cyrus [king of Persia], Whose right hand I have held To subdue nations before him, And I will ungird the loins of kings [disarming them]; To open doors before him so that gates will not be shut:
- Isaiah 21:2 - A harsh vision has been shown to me; The treacherous one deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, Elam! Lay siege, Media! All the groaning [caused by Babylon’s ruthless oppressions] I [the Lord] have brought to an end.
- Isaiah 45:5 - I am the Lord, and there is no one else; There is no God except Me. I will embrace and arm you, though you have not known Me,
- Zechariah 14:12 - Now this will be the plague with which the Lord shall strike all the peoples that have warred against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, and their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongue will rot in their mouth.
- Jeremiah 51:27 - Lift up a signal in the land [to spread the news]! Blow the trumpet among the nations! Dedicate the nations [for war] against her; Call against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a marshal against her; Cause the horses to come up like bristly locusts [with their wings not yet released from their cases].
- Jeremiah 51:28 - Prepare and dedicate the nations for war against her— The kings of Media, With their governors and commanders, And every land of their dominion.
- Jeremiah 51:29 - The land trembles and writhes [in pain and sorrow], For the purposes of the Lord against Babylon stand, To make the land of Babylon A desolation without inhabitants.
- Jeremiah 46:9 - Charge, you horses, And drive like madmen, you chariots! Let the warriors go forward: Ethiopia and Put (Libya) who handle the shield, And the Lydians who handle and bend the bow.
- Jeremiah 50:9 - For behold, I will stir up and bring up against Babylon An assembly of great nations from the north country. They will equip themselves and set up the battle lines against her; From there she will be taken captive. Their arrows will be like an expert warrior Who will not return empty-handed.
- Jeremiah 50:45 - Therefore hear the plan of the Lord which He has devised against Babylon, and hear what He has purposed against [the inhabitants of the land of] the Chaldeans: surely they will be dragged away, [even] the little ones of the flock; surely He will make their habitation desolate because of them.
- Jeremiah 46:4 - Harness the horses, And mount, you riders! Take your stand with your helmets! Polish the spears, Put on the coats of mail!