# Connecting Statement:

Yahweh continues speaking.

# I am about to stir up the Medes to attack them

Making people want to do something is spoken of as stirring them up. AT: "I am about to make the Medes want to attack them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/mede]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/silver]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/gold]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/bowweapon]]