哈兰人、干尼人、伊甸人、示巴的商人，和亚述人、基抹人，与你交易。

Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants.

你们要磨尖了箭头，抓住盾牌；耶和华定意攻击巴比伦，将他毁灭，所以激动了玛代君王的心，因这是耶和华报仇，就是为自己的殿报仇。

Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.

心利的诸王、以拦的诸王、玛代的诸王、

And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,

他以权柄能力所行的，并他抬举末底改使他高升的事，岂不都写在玛代和波斯王的历史上吗？

And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?

今日波斯和玛代的众夫人听见王后这事，必向王的大臣照样行，从此必大开藐视和忿怒之端。