⁹ You’ll arise suddenly, like a tornado, coming like a windstorm^[a] to cover the land, you and all your soldiers with you, along with many nations.”’”

The Invasion Strategy

¹⁰ “This is what the Lord God says: ‘This is what’s going to happen on the very day that you begin your invasion: You’ll be thinking,^[b] making evil plans, ¹¹ and boasting, “I’m going to invade a land comprised of open country^[c] that is at rest, its people^[d] living confidently, all of whose inhabitants will be living securely, with neither fortification nor bars on their doors.