Look! They are preparing a great feast. They are spreading rugs for people to sit on. Everyone is eating and drinking. But quick! Grab your shields and prepare for battle. You are being attacked!

他们摆设筵席，派人守望，又吃又喝。首领啊，你们起来，用油抹盾牌。

有人摆设筵席，铺上地毯，又吃又喝。“官长啊，起来，抹亮盾牌。”

有人摆设筵席，铺上地毯，又吃又喝。“官长啊，起来，抹亮盾牌。”

他们摆设宴席，坐在地毯上又吃又喝。突然有人大喊：“官长啊，起来擦亮盾牌，备战吧！”

他们摆设筵席，铺张地毡，又吃又喝。领袖们，起来吧！用油抹净盾牌。

筵席已摆设，地毯已铺上，人们又吃又喝——首领们哪，起来！用油擦抹盾牌！

他們擺設筵席，派人守望，又吃又喝。首領啊，你們起來，用油抹盾牌。

有人擺設筵席，鋪上地毯，又吃又喝。「官長啊，起來，抹亮盾牌。」

有人擺設筵席，鋪上地毯，又吃又喝。「官長啊，起來，抹亮盾牌。」

他們擺設宴席，坐在地毯上又吃又喝。突然有人大喊：「官長啊，起來擦亮盾牌，備戰吧！」

他們擺設筵席，鋪張地氈，又吃又喝。領袖們，起來吧！用油抹淨盾牌。

他們擺設筵席，鋪着氈毯，又喫又喝。將領們、起來哦！用油抹盾牌哦！

筵席已擺設，地毯已鋪上，人們又吃又喝——首領們哪，起來！用油擦抹盾牌！

設筵席、置守望、式飲式食、牧伯乎、起而膏盾、

設席宴享、爰遣邏卒巡更、呼曰、群伯速興、備爾干戈、

適設席肆筵、又遣守望者守望、又遣守望者守望或作又鋪華毯式飲式食、忽有聲曰、將帥咸起、執爾器械、執爾器械原文作以油膏盾

They set the tables, they spread the rugs, they eat, they drink! Get up, you officers, oil the shields!

In my vision the Babylonians set the tables. They spread out the rugs. They eat and drink. Get up, you officers! Rub your shields with oil!

They prepare the table, they spread the rugs, they eat, they drink. Arise, O princes; oil the shield!

Prepare a table, and spread out a carpet! Eat and drink! Rise up, you princes, and oil the shields!

They set the table, they spread out the cloth, they eat, they drink;“ Rise up, captains, oil the shields!”

Prepare the table, Set a watchman in the tower, Eat and drink. Arise, you princes, Anoint the shield!

They prepare the table, they set the watch, they eat, they drink: rise up, ye princes, anoint the shield.

Prepare a table, and spread out a carpet! Eat and drink! Rise up, you princes, and oil the shields!

Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes,[ and] anoint the shield.

Arrange the table, lay out the carpet, eat and drink! Get up, you officers, smear oil on the shields!

They prepare the table. They set the watch. They eat. They drink. Rise up, you princes, oil the shield!

And while they lie inflamed with all their wine, I will prepare a different kind of feast for them. I will make them drink until they fall asleep, and they will never wake up again,” says the Lord.

I will make her officials and wise men drunk, along with her captains, officers, and warriors. They will fall asleep and never wake up again!” says the King, whose name is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

And what value was there in fighting wild beasts— those people of Ephesus— if there will be no resurrection from the dead? And if there is no resurrection,“ Let’s feast and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

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.

Many years later King Belshazzar gave a great feast for 1,000 of his nobles, and he drank wine with them.While Belshazzar was drinking the wine, he gave orders to bring in the gold and silver cups that his predecessor, Nebuchadnezzar, had taken from the Temple in Jerusalem. He wanted to drink from them with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.So they brought these gold cups taken from the Temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his nobles, his wives, and his concubines drank from them.While they drank from them they praised their idols made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.Suddenly, they saw the fingers of a human hand writing on the plaster wall of the king’s palace, near the lampstand. The king himself saw the hand as it wrote,

“ Raise a signal flag on a bare hilltop. Call up an army against Babylon. Wave your hand to encourage them as they march into the palaces of the high and mighty.

This is what the Lord says to Cyrus, his anointed one, whose right hand he will empower. Before him, mighty kings will be paralyzed with fear. Their fortress gates will be opened, never to shut again.This is what the Lord says:“ I will go before you, Cyrus, and level the mountains. I will smash down gates of bronze and cut through bars of iron.And I will give you treasures hidden in the darkness— secret riches. I will do this so you may know that I am the Lord, the God of Israel, the one who calls you by name.

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.

But instead, you dance and play; you slaughter cattle and kill sheep. You feast on meat and drink wine. You say,“ Let’s feast and drink, for tomorrow we die!”The Lord of Heaven’s Armies has revealed this to me:“ Till the day you die, you will never be forgiven for this sin.” That is the judgment of the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

“ Look, I will stir up the Medes against Babylon. They cannot be tempted by silver or bribed with gold.The attacking armies will shoot down the young men with arrows. They will have no mercy on helpless babies and will show no compassion for children.”