They will say,‘ Prepare to do battle against it! Come on! Let’s attack it at noon!’ But later they will say,‘ Oh, oh! Too bad! The day is almost over and the shadows of evening are getting long.

你们要准备攻击她。起来吧，我们可以趁午时上去。哀哉！日已渐斜，晚影拖长了。

“你们要准备攻击它。起来吧，我们要趁正午上去。”“哀哉！日已渐斜，黄昏的影子拖长了。”

“你们要准备攻击它。起来吧，我们要趁正午上去。”“哀哉！日已渐斜，黄昏的影子拖长了。”

他们喊道，‘准备作战！我们中午攻城。’他们后来说，‘唉！日已西沉，天色渐暗。

“你们要备战攻击她！起来！我们趁着正午上去。唉！可惜日渐西沉，暮影拖长了！

你們要準備攻擊她。起來吧，我們可以趁午時上去。哀哉！日已漸斜，晚影拖長了。

「你們要準備攻擊它。起來吧，我們要趁正午上去。」「哀哉！日已漸斜，黃昏的影子拖長了。」

「你們要準備攻擊它。起來吧，我們要趁正午上去。」「哀哉！日已漸斜，黃昏的影子拖長了。」

他們喊道，『準備作戰！我們中午攻城。』他們後來說，『唉！日已西沉，天色漸暗。

“你們要備戰攻擊她！起來！我們趁著正午上去。唉！可惜日漸西沉，暮影拖長了！

『你們要行聖禮備戰來攻擊她；起來！我們趁中午上去！唉，我們不得了啦！日已漸斜了！暮影拖長了！』

爾其備戰、我儕其起、乘午以上、禍哉、日已西斜、夕影長矣、

敵曰、興戎攻城、勿過日午、如待日昃、薄暮將至、行路尤難。

敵曰、當備戰攻城、我儕當興、乘午時前往而攻、惜哉、日已昃、日影已長、

“ Prepare for battle against her! Arise, let us attack at noon! But, alas, the daylight is fading, and the shadows of evening grow long.

The Babylonians say,“ Prepare for battle against Judah! Get up! Let’s attack them at noon! But the daylight is fading. The shadows of evening are getting longer.

“ Prepare war against her; arise, and let us attack at noon! Woe to us, for the day declines, for the shadows of evening lengthen!

They shout,‘ Prepare for battle! Attack at noon!’‘ No, it’s too late; the day is fading, and the evening shadows are falling.’

Set them apart for war against her; rise up, let’s attack at noon. Woe to us, for the day is passing; the evening shadows grow long.

‘ Prepare for war against her; Arise, and let’s attack at noon. Woe to us, for the day declines, For the shadows of the evening lengthen!

“ Prepare war against her; Arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe to us, for the day goes away, For the shadows of the evening are lengthening.

Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day declineth, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.

Set them apart for war against her; rise up, let’s attack at noon. Woe to us, for the day is passing; the evening shadows grow long.

Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.

“ Prepare war against her! Arise! Let’s go up at noon. Woe to us! For the day declines, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.

Their widows will become in my sight more numerous than the grains of sand on the seashores. At noontime I will bring a destroyer against the mothers of their young men. I will cause anguish and terror to fall suddenly upon them.

Proclaim this among the nations:“ Prepare for a holy war! Call out the warriors! Let all these fighting men approach and attack!

Indeed, Gaza will be deserted and Ashkelon will become a heap of ruins. Invaders will drive away the people of Ashdod by noon, and Ekron will be overthrown.

“ They cry,‘ Harvest time has come and gone, and the summer is over, and still we have not been delivered.’

“ Raise up battle flags throughout the lands. Sound the trumpets calling the nations to do battle. Prepare the nations to do battle against Babylonia. Call for these kingdoms to attack her: Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander to lead the attack. Send horses against her like a swarm of locusts.Prepare the nations to do battle against her. Prepare the kings of the Medes. Prepare their governors and all their leaders. Prepare all the countries they rule to do battle against her.

The LORD commanded the enemy,“ March through the vineyards of Israel and Judah and ruin them. But do not destroy them completely. Strip off their branches for these people do not belong to the LORD.

Until the dawn arrives and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved– be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountain gorges.

He lifts a signal flag for a distant nation, he whistles for it to come from the far regions of the earth. Look, they come quickly and swiftly.None tire or stumble, they don’t stop to nap or sleep. They don’t loosen their belts, or unstrap their sandals to rest.Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are prepared. The hooves of their horses are hard as flint, and their chariot wheels are like a windstorm.Their roar is like a lion’s; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they drag it away and no one can come to the rescue.At that time they will growl over their prey, it will sound like sea waves crashing against rocks. One will look out over the land and see the darkness of disaster, clouds will turn the light into darkness.

On a bare hill raise a signal flag, shout to them, wave your hand, so they might enter the gates of the princes!I have given orders to my chosen soldiers; I have summoned the warriors through whom I will vent my anger, my boasting, arrogant ones.There is a loud noise on the mountains– it sounds like a large army! There is great commotion among the kingdoms– nations are being assembled! The LORD who commands armies is mustering forces for battle.They come from a distant land, from the horizon. It is the LORD with his instruments of judgment, coming to destroy the whole earth.