5. What do I see?They are terrified,they are retreating,their warriors are defeated.They flee in hastewithout looking back,and there is terror on every side,’declares the Lord.
6. ‘The swift cannot fleenor the strong escape.In the north by the River Euphratesthey stumble and fall.
7. ‘Who is this that rises like the Nile,like rivers of surging waters?
8. Egypt rises like the Nile,like rivers of surging waters.She says, “I will rise and cover the earth;I will destroy cities and their people.”
9. Charge, you horses!Drive furiously, you charioteers!March on, you warriors – men of Cush and Put who carry shields,men of Lydia who draw the bow.