Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.
Against (him that) bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against (him that) lifteth himself up in his coat of mail: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.
Make sharp the arrows; hold firm the shields: Jehovah hath stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes; because his purpose is against Babylon, to destroy it: for it is the vengeance of Jehovah, the vengeance of his temple.
Because thou hast plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder thee, because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein.
For the violence done to Lebanon shall cover thee, and the destruction of the beasts, which made them afraid; because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein.