3 “Prepare your shields,and advance into battle!
4 Harness the horses,and mount the stallions.Take your positions.Put on your helmets.Sharpen your spears,and prepare your armor.
5 But what do I see?The Egyptian army flees in terror.The bravest of its fighting men runwithout a backward glance.They are terrorized at every turn,”says the lord.
6 “The swiftest runners cannot flee;the mightiest warriors cannot escape.By the Euphrates River to the north,they stumble and fall.
7 “Who is this, rising like the Nile at floodtime,overflowing all the land?
8 It is the Egyptian army,overflowing all the land,boasting that it will cover the earth like a flood,destroying cities and their people.
9 Charge, you horses and chariots;attack, you mighty warriors of Egypt!Come, all you allies from Ethiopia, Libya, and Lydiawho are skilled with the shield and bow!