²⁶ This is the plan^(A) prepared
for the whole earth,
and this is the hand stretched out
against all the nations.

¹² Where then are your wise men?
Let them tell you and reveal
what the Lord of Armies has planned against Egypt.

⁸ Who planned this against Tyre,
the bestower of crowns,
whose traders are princes,
whose merchants are the honored ones of the earth?

³⁰ Run! Escape quickly! Lie low,
residents of Hazor—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
for King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon
has drawn up a plan against you;
he has devised a strategy against you.

¹² Raise up a signal flag^(A)
against the walls of Babylon;
fortify the watch post;
set the watchmen in place;
prepare the ambush.
For the Lord has both planned and accomplished
what he has threatened
against those who live in Babylon.^(B)

I am now planning^(A) a disaster
against this nation;^(B)
you cannot free your necks from it.^(C)
Then you will not walk so proudly^(D)
because it will be an evil time.^(E)