3 Grab your shieldsand prepare for war!
4 Saddle the horses;mount the stallions!Take your positionswith helmets on!Polish your spears;put on your armor!
5 Why do I see them terrified,retreating in haste?Their soldiers are crushed,running for cover,and they don’t turn back.Panic lurks at every turn,declares the Lord.
6 The swift can’t flee;the mighty can’t escape.Up north by the Euphrates River,they stagger and fall.
7 Who is this that rises like the Nile,whose banks overflow?
8 It’s Egypt that rises like the Nile,whose banks overflow,who declares, "I will ariseand cover the earthand destroy cities and inhabitants."
9 Charge, you horses;advance, you chariots!Attack, you soldierswith your shield in hand,you people of Cush and Putwith your bow drawn,you archers from Lud.