3 It's time to go into battle!So grab your shields,
4 saddle your horses,and polish your spears.Put on your helmets and armour,then take your positions.
5 I can see the battle now—you are defeatedand running away,never once looking back.Terror is all around.
6 You are strong and run fast,but you can't escape.You fall in battlenear the River Euphrates.
7 What nation is this,that rises like the River Nileoverflowing its banks?
8 It is Egypt, rising with a roarlike a raging riverand saying,“I'll flood the earth,destroying cities, and killingeveryone in them.”
9 Go ahead, Egypt.Tell your chariots and cavalryto attack and fight hard.Order your troops to march out,with Ethiopians and Libyanscarrying shields,and the Lydians armed with bowsand arrows.