^28 [a](A)Its arrows are sharp and all its bows are bent;
The hoofs of its horses ^[b]seem like flint and its chariot ^(B)wheels like a whirlwind.

¹⁸ And their bows will dash the ^(A)young men to pieces,
They will not even have compassion on the fruit of the womb,
Nor will their ^(B)eye pity ^[a]children.