Psa 45:3, 5, Isa 13:2-5, 17-18, 21:7-9, Jer 50:35-38, 51:11, 20 | ESV | STEP | Gird your sword on your thigh , O mighty one , in your splendor and majesty !

Psalms 45:3

3 ^aGird your ^bsword on your thigh, O ^cmighty one,
in ^dyour splendor and majesty!

Psalms 45:5

5 Your arrows are sharp
in the heart of the king’s enemies;
the peoples fall under you.

Isaiah 13:2-5

2 On a bare hill ^eraise a signal;
cry aloud to them;
wave the hand for ^fthem to enter
the gates of the nobles.
3 I myself have commanded my consecrated ones,
and have summoned my mighty men to execute my anger,
my proudly exulting ones. ^{▼▼Or those who exult in my majesty}
4 The sound ^hof a tumult is on the mountains
as of a great multitude!
The sound of an uproar of kingdoms,
of nations gathering together!
ⁱThe Lord of hosts is mustering
a host for battle.
5 ^jThey come from a distant land,
from the end of the heavens,
the Lord and the weapons of his indignation,
to destroy the whole land. ^{▼▼Or earth; also verse 9}

Isaiah 13:17-18

17 Behold, ^lI am stirring up the Medes against them,
who have no regard for silver
and do not delight in gold.
18 ^mTheir bows will slaughter ^{▼▼Hebrew dash in pieces} the young men;
they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb;
their eyes will not pity children.

Isaiah 21:7-9

7 When he sees riders, horsemen in pairs,
riders on donkeys, riders on camels,
let him listen diligently,
very diligently.”
8 Then he who saw cried out: ^{▼▼Dead Sea Scroll, Syriac; Masoretic Text Then a lion cried out, or Then he cried out like a lion}
^p“Upon a watchtower I stand, O Lord,
continually by day,
and at my post I am stationed
whole nights.
9 And behold, here come riders,
horsemen in pairs!”
^qAnd he answered,
^r“Fallen, fallen is Babylon;
^sand all the carved images of her gods
he has shattered to the ground.”

Jeremiah 50:35-38

35 “A sword against the Chaldeans, declares the Lord,
and against the inhabitants of Babylon,
and against ^ther officials and her ^uwise men!
36 A sword against the diviners,
that they may become fools!
A sword against her ^vwarriors,
that they may be destroyed!
37 A sword against her horses and against her chariots,
and against all ^wthe foreign troops in her midst,
that ^xthey may become women!
^yA sword against all her treasures,
that they may be plundered!
38 ^zA drought against her waters,
that they may be dried up!
^aaFor it is a land of images,
and they are mad over idols.

Jeremiah 51:11

11 ^ab“Sharpen the arrows!
Take up the shields!
^acThe Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of ^adthe Medes, because ^aehis purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy it, ^affor that is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance for ^aghis temple.

Jeremiah 51:20

20 “You are my hammer and weapon of war:
with you I ^ahbreak nations in pieces;
with you I destroy kingdoms;