Prepare the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, you princes, and oil the shield.
Declare in Egypt, and announce in Migdol, and announce in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say, Stand fast, and prepare; for the sword shall devour round about you.
Proclaim this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:
He who dashes in pieces has come up before your face: keep the stronghold, watch the way, make your loins strong, fortify your power mightily.
Draw waters for the siege, fortify your strongholds: go into clay, and tread the mortar, make strong the brick kiln.