¹⁷ “Behold,^(A) I will stir up the Medes against them,
Who will not ^[a]regard silver;
And as for gold, they will not delight in it.

^11 (A)Make^[a] the arrows bright!
Gather the shields!
^(B)The Lord has raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes.
^(C)For His plan is against Babylon to destroy it,
Because it is ^(D)the vengeance of the Lord,
The vengeance for His temple.