2 And in Ecbatana, the citadel that is uin the province of Media, a scroll was found on which this was written: “A record.
17 Behold, cI am stirring up the Medes against them,
2 A stern vision is told to me;
wthe traitor betrays,
Go up, O xElam;
lay siege, O yMedia;
all the zsighing she has caused
11 i“Sharpen the arrows!
jThe Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of kthe Medes, because lhis purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy it, mfor that is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance for mhis temple.