Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.
Parallel translations
- WEB Prepare against her the nations, the kings of the Medes, its governors, and all its deputies, and all the land of their dominion!
- BSB Prepare the nations for battle against her—the kings of the Medes, their governors and all their officials, and all the lands they rule.
- NKJV Prepare against her the nations, With the kings of the Medes, Its governors and all its rulers, All the land of his dominion.
- NASB Consecrate the nations against her, The kings of the Medes, Their governors and all their officials, And every land under their control.
- NLT Bring against her the armies of the nations— led by the kings of the Medes and all their captains and officers.
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Quick answer
The nations, especially the kings of the Medes with their governors and dominions, are prepared against Babylon. God marshals the whole Median realm for Babylon's downfall.
Overview
The Medes are again named as the chief agents of judgment, leading a broad alliance of subject territories. This historical specificity underscores that God's word against Babylon was concrete and fulfilled. The mustering of empires at God's command testifies to His sovereignty over the rise and fall of kingdoms, all serving the unfolding of His purposes that center on Christ.
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- Jer 51:11Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.
- Jer 25:25And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,
- Dan 6:8Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
- Isa 13:17Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
- Dan 8:20The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.
- Dan 8:3–4Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
- Isa 21:2A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
- Dan 5:28–30PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
- Jer 51:27Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.
- 1 Chr 1:5The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
- Dan 9:1In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;
- Gen 10:2The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
- Esth 10:2And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
- Esth 1:3In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:
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