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Harness your horses and mount them!
Fall in line and put on your helmets!
    Sharpen your spears!
    Put on your armor!’

“But what do I see?” asks the Lord.
“They are turning back in terror.
Their soldiers are beaten back;
    overcome with fear, they run as fast as they can
    and do not look back.
Those who run fast cannot get away;
    the soldiers cannot escape.
In the north, by the Euphrates,
    they stumble and fall.

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Harness the horses,
    mount the steeds!
Take your positions
    with helmets on!
Polish(A) your spears,
    put on your armor!(B)
What do I see?
    They are terrified,
they are retreating,
    their warriors are defeated.
They flee(C) in haste
    without looking back,
    and there is terror(D) on every side,”
declares the Lord.
“The swift cannot flee(E)
    nor the strong escape.
In the north by the River Euphrates(F)
    they stumble and fall.(G)

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