3. “Prepare your shields,and advance into battle!
4. Harness the horses,and mount the stallions.Take your positions.Put on your helmets.Sharpen your spears,and prepare your armor.
5. But what do I see?The Egyptian army flees in terror.The bravest of its fighting men runwithout a backward glance.They are terrorized at every turn,”says the lord.
6. “The swiftest runners cannot flee;the mightiest warriors cannot escape.By the Euphrates River to the north,they stumble and fall.
7. “Who is this, rising like the Nile at floodtime,overflowing all the land?
8. It is the Egyptian army,overflowing all the land,boasting that it will cover the earth like a flood,destroying cities and their people.