1 A scatterer has come up against you.Guard the ramparts, watch the road,protect your groin, save your strength!
2 The Lord will restore the pride of Jacob,indeed, the pride of Israel,because ravagers have destroyedthem and spoiled their branches.
3 The shields of his warriors are red;his soldiers are dressed in crimson.The ironwork of the chariots flashes like fireon the day he has prepared;the horses quiver.
4 The chariots race wildly through the streets;they rush back and forth through the squares.They look like flaming torches;they dart like bolts of lightning.
5 He musters his officers;they stumble as they press forward.They hurry to the city wall,and the portable shield is set up.
6 The gates of the rivers are opened;the palace melts.
7 It is decreed: She is sent into exile, carried away,while her female servants moan like doves, beating their breasts.