22 “He laughs at fear and is not dismayed;
And he does not turn back from the sword.
23 “The quiver rattles against him,
The flashing spear and javelin.
24 “With shaking and rage he [a]races over the ground,
And he does not stand still at the voice of the trumpet.
25 “As often as the trumpet sounds he says, ‘Aha!’
And he scents the battle from afar,
And the thunder of the captains and the war cry.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 39:24 Or swallows up

“Because of the noise of the [a](A)galloping hoofs of his [b]stallions,
The tumult of his chariots, and the rumbling of his wheels,
The fathers have not turned back for their children,
Because of the limpness of their hands,

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  1. Jeremiah 47:3 Lit stamping of the
  2. Jeremiah 47:3 Lit mighty ones

The shields of [a]his mighty men are colored red,
The warriors are dressed in (A)scarlet,
The chariots are enveloped in [b]flashing steel
[c]When he is prepared to march,
And the cypress (B)spears are brandished.
The (C)chariots race madly in the streets,
They rush wildly in the [d]squares,
Their appearance is like torches,
They dash to and fro like lightning flashes.

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  1. Nahum 2:3 I.e. those attacking Nineveh
  2. Nahum 2:3 Lit fire of steel
  3. Nahum 2:3 Lit On the day of his preparation
  4. Nahum 2:4 Lit broad places