Prepare the covering and the shield, and approach to the war.
Set in order the table; view the watch-tower; eat, drink: arise ye chiefs, anoint the shield.
Announce ye in Egypt, and cause to be heard in the tower, and cause to be heard in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand, and prepare for thyself; for the sword consumed round about thee.
Call ye this among the nations: Consecrate war; rouse up the strong ones, they shall draw near, all the men of war shall come up.
The hammer came up upon thy face: press upon the fortress, look about the way, strengthen the loins, make the power strong greatly.
Draw the water of the siege to thee, strengthen thy fortresses go into clay, tread upon the clay, hold fast from the brick.