Jeremiah 46:3

Make ready buckler and shield, and draw near to battle!

Isaiah 21:5

Prepare the table, appoint the watch; eat, drink: arise, ye princes, anoint the shield.

Jeremiah 51:11-12

Sharpen the arrows; take the shields. Jehovah hath stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes; for his purpose is against Babylon, to destroy it; for this is the vengeance of Jehovah, the vengeance of his temple.

Joel 3:9

Proclaim this among the nations: prepare war, arouse the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near, let them come up.

Nahum 2:1

He that dasheth in pieces is come up against thy face: keep the fortress, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.

Nahum 3:14

Draw thee water for the siege, strengthen thy fortresses; go into the clay, and tread the mortar, make strong the brick-kiln.

Isaiah 8:9-10

Rage, ye peoples, and be broken in pieces! And give ear, all ye distant parts of the earth: Gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces!

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Summary

Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.

This is a poetical and ironical call to the egyptians to muster their forces; and implies that all their courage and efforts would be vain

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This is a poetical and ironical call to the egyptians to muster their forces; and implies that all their courage and efforts would be vain

Jeremiah 51:11
Sharpen the arrows; take the shields. Jehovah hath stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes; for his purpose is against Babylon, to destroy it; for this is the vengeance of Jehovah, the vengeance of his temple.
Isaiah 8:9
Rage, ye peoples, and be broken in pieces! And give ear, all ye distant parts of the earth: Gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces!
Isaiah 21:5
Prepare the table, appoint the watch; eat, drink: arise, ye princes, anoint the shield.
Joel 3:9
Proclaim this among the nations: prepare war, arouse the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near, let them come up.
Nahum 2:1
He that dasheth in pieces is come up against thy face: keep the fortress, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.
Nahum 3:14
Draw thee water for the siege, strengthen thy fortresses; go into the clay, and tread the mortar, make strong the brick-kiln.

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Ezekiel 38:7
Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself thou, and all thine assemblage that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.