Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!
Parallel translations
- WEB Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war! Stir up the mighty men. Let all the warriors draw near. Let them come up.
- KJV Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:
- NKJV Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war! Wake up the mighty men, Let all the men of war draw near, Let them come up.
- NASB ¶Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare for holy war; stir up the warriors! Have all the soldiers come forward, have them come up!
- NLT Say to the nations far and wide: “Get ready for war! Call out your best warriors. Let all your fighting men advance for the attack.
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Quick answer
The nations are summoned to prepare for war and muster their warriors. They are called to assemble, but only to meet God's judgment.
Overview
With biting irony, God calls the nations to mobilize for battle, rousing their mighty men. Yet this gathering for war is in truth a summons to their own judgment in the valley of decision. The verse shows God sovereignly drawing the nations to the place of reckoning, where their proud strength will avail nothing against the Lord of hosts.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Jer 46:3–4“Deploy your shields, small and large; advance for battle!
- Ezek 38:7Get ready; prepare yourself, you and all your company gathered around you; you will be their guard.
- Isa 8:9–10Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!
- Jer 31:10Hear, O nations, the word of the LORD, and proclaim it in distant coastlands: “The One who scattered Israel will gather them and keep them as a shepherd keeps his flock.
- Ps 96:10Declare among the nations: “The LORD reigns!” The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved; He will judge the peoples with equity.
- Jer 50:2“Announce and declare to the nations; lift up a banner and proclaim it; hold nothing back when you say, ‘Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is shattered, her images are disgraced, her idols are broken in pieces.’
- Isa 34:1Come near, O nations, to listen; pay attention, O peoples. Let the earth hear, and all that fills it, the world and all that springs from it.
- Ezek 21:21–22For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He shakes the arrows, he consults the idols, he examines the liver.
- Mic 3:5This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:
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