¹⁷ Behold, ^(A)I am stirring up the Medes against them,
    who have no regard for silver
    and do not delight in gold.

² A stern vision is told to me;
    ^(A)the traitor betrays,
    and the destroyer destroys.
Go up, O ^(B)Elam;
    lay siege, O ^(C)Media;
all the ^(D)sighing she has caused
    I bring to an end.

^28 (A)Prepare ^(B)the nations for war against her,
    the kings of ^(C)the Medes, ^(D)with their governors ^(E)and deputies,
    and every ^(F)land under their dominion.