4 Harness the horses;mount the steeds!Take your positionswith your helmets,polish the spears,put on the armor!
5 Why have I seen themdismayed and drawing back?Their mighty ones are beaten downand have taken refuge in flight,and not looking back.Terror is on every side!says the Lord.
6 Let not the swift flee away,nor the mighty man escape;they will stumble and falltowards the north by the River Euphrates.
7 Who is this that comes up as the Nile,whose waters surge about as the rivers?
8 Egypt rises up like the Nile,and his waters surge about like the rivers.And he has said, I will go up and will cover the land.I will surely destroy the city and its inhabitants.
9 Come up, O horses,and rage, O chariots!And let the mighty men come forth:the Ethiopians and the Libyans who handle the shield,and the Lydians who handle and bend the bow.
10 For this is the day of the Lord God of Hosts,a day of vengeance, so that He may avenge Himself of His adversaries.And the sword will devour;and it will be satiated and made drunk with their blood;for the Lord God of Hosts has a slaughterin the north country by the River Euphrates.