“ Look, I will stir up the Medes against Babylon. They cannot be tempted by silver or bribed with gold.

我必激动玛代人来攻击他们。玛代人不注重银子，也不喜爱金子。

看哪，我必激起玛代人攻击他们，玛代人并不看重银子，也不喜爱金子。

看哪，我必激起玛代人攻击他们，玛代人并不看重银子，也不喜爱金子。

看啊，我要驱使玛代人来攻击他们。玛代人不在乎金子，也不看重银子，

看哪！我要激动玛代人来攻击他们。玛代人不重视银子，也不喜爱金子。

看哪！我要激起米底亚人来攻击他们。米底亚人不重视银子，也不喜爱金子；

我必激動米底亞人來攻擊他們。米底亞人不注重銀子，也不喜愛金子。

看哪，我必激起瑪代人攻擊他們，瑪代人並不看重銀子，也不喜愛金子。

看哪，我必激起瑪代人攻擊他們，瑪代人並不看重銀子，也不喜愛金子。

看啊，我要驅使瑪代人來攻擊他們。瑪代人不在乎金子，也不看重銀子，

看哪！我要激動瑪代人來攻擊他們。瑪代人不重視銀子，也不喜愛金子。

看吧，我必激動瑪代人來攻擊他們；瑪代人不看重銀子，不喜愛金子。

看哪！我要激起米底亞人來攻擊他們。米底亞人不重視銀子，也不喜愛金子；

我激瑪代人攻之、彼不視銀為貴、不以金為悅、

主使米太人擊爾、雖饋以金銀、彼不納焉、

我必激瑪代人來擊之、瑪代人不重銀、不悅金、

See, I will stir up against them the Medes, who do not care for silver and have no delight in gold.

The Lord will stir up the Medes to attack the Babylonians. They aren’t interested in getting silver. They don’t want gold.

Behold, I am stirring up the Medes against them, who have no regard for silver and do not delight in gold.

Look! I am stirring up the Medes against them, who cannot be bought off with silver and who have no desire for gold.

Behold, I am going to stir up the Medes against them, Who will not value silver or take pleasure in gold.

“ Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, Who will not regard silver; And as for gold, they will not delight in it.

Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not regard silver, and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.

Look! I am stirring up the Medes against them, who cannot be bought off with silver and who have no desire for gold.

Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and[ as for] gold, they shall not delight in it.

Look, I am stirring up the Medes to attack them; they are not concerned about silver, nor are they interested in gold.

Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who will not value silver, and as for gold, they will not delight in it.

For the woman’s jealous husband will be furious, and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.He will accept no compensation, nor be satisfied with a payoff of any size.

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.

I see a terrifying vision: I see the betrayer betraying, the destroyer destroying. Go ahead, you Elamites and Medes, attack and lay siege. I will make an end to all the groaning Babylon caused.

“ But I have stirred up a leader who will approach from the north. From the east he will call on my name. I will give him victory over kings and princes. He will trample them as a potter treads on clay.

Raise a signal flag to the nations. Sound the battle cry! Mobilize them all against Babylon. Prepare them to fight against her! Bring out the armies of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander, and bring a multitude of horses like swarming locusts!Bring against her the armies of the nations— led by the kings of the Medes and all their captains and officers.

For I am raising up an army of great nations from the north. They will join forces to attack Babylon, and she will be captured. The enemies’ arrows will go straight to the mark; they will not miss!

Parsin means‘ divided’— your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”Then at Belshazzar’s command, Daniel was dressed in purple robes, a gold chain was hung around his neck, and he was proclaimed the third highest ruler in the kingdom.That very night Belshazzar, the Babylonian king, was killed.And Darius the Mede took over the kingdom at the age of sixty two.

I, the Lord, have dedicated these soldiers for this task. Yes, I have called mighty warriors to express my anger, and they will rejoice when I am exalted.”Hear the noise on the mountains! Listen, as the vast armies march! It is the noise and shouting of many nations. The Lord of Heaven’s Armies has called this army together.They come from distant countries, from beyond the farthest horizons. They are the Lord’s weapons to carry out his anger. With them he will destroy the whole land.