²⁶ He lifts up a banner^(A) for the distant nations,
    he whistles^(B) for those at the ends of the earth.^(C)
Here they come,
    swiftly and speedily!
²⁷ Not one of them grows tired^(D) or stumbles,
    not one slumbers or sleeps;
not a belt^(E) is loosened at the waist,^(F)
    not a sandal strap is broken.^(G)
28 Their arrows are sharp,^(H)
    all their bows^(I) are strung;
their horses’ hooves^(J) seem like flint,
    their chariot wheels like a whirlwind.^(K)

¹⁶ You said, ‘No, we will flee^(A) on horses.’^(B)
    Therefore you will flee!
You said, ‘We will ride off on swift horses.’
    Therefore your pursuers will be swift!
¹⁷ A thousand will flee
    at the threat of one;
at the threat of five^(C)
    you will all flee^(D) away,
till you are left^(E)
    like a flagstaff on a mountaintop,
    like a banner^(F) on a hill.”

¹³ Look! He advances like the clouds,^(A)
    his chariots^(B) come like a whirlwind,^(C)
his horses^(D) are swifter than eagles.^(E)
    Woe to us! We are ruined!^(F)