" 'Prepare the heavy and the light shield, and advance to war!
Prepare the table. Contemplate, from a place of observation, those who eat and drink. Rise up, you leaders! Take up the shield!
"Announce it to Egypt, and make it heard in Migdol, and let it resonate in Memphis and in Tahpanhes. Say this: Stand and prepare yourself! For the sword will devour everything around you.
Proclaim this among the Gentiles: "Sanctify a war, raise up the strong. Approach, ascend, all men of war.
He ascends, who would scatter before your eyes, who would maintain the blockade. Contemplate the way, fortify your back, reinforce virtue greatly.
Draw in water because of the blockade; build up your fortresses. Go into the clay and tread; work it to make brick.