²⁶ This is the plan^(A) determined for the whole world;
    this is the hand^(B) stretched out over all nations.

¹² Where are your wise men^(A) now?
    Let them show you and make known
what the Lord Almighty
    has planned^(B) against Egypt.

⁸ Who planned this against Tyre,
    the bestower of crowns,
whose merchants^(A) are princes,
    whose traders^(B) are renowned in the earth?

³⁰ “Flee quickly away!
    Stay in deep caves,^(A) you who live in Hazor,^(B)”
declares the Lord.
“Nebuchadnezzar^(C) king of Babylon has plotted against you;
    he has devised a plan against you.

⁴⁵ Therefore, hear what the Lord has planned against Babylon,
    what he has purposed^(A) against the land of the Babylonians:^(B)
The young of the flock will be dragged away;
    their pasture will be appalled at their fate.

¹² Lift up a banner^(A) against the walls of Babylon!
    Reinforce the guard,
station the watchmen,^(B)
    prepare an ambush!^(C)
The Lord will carry out his purpose,^(D)
    his decree against the people of Babylon.

“I am planning disaster^(A) against this people,
    from which you cannot save yourselves.
You will no longer walk proudly,^(B)
    for it will be a time of calamity.