5 Why have I seen them dismayed and turned back?
Their mighty ones are beaten down;
They have speedily fled,
And did not look back,
For ^afear was all around,” says the Lord. ‡

6 “Do not let the swift flee away,
Nor the mighty man escape;
They will ^astumble and fall
Toward the north, by the River Euphrates. ‡

8 Egypt rises up like a flood,
And its waters move like the rivers;
And he says, ‘I will go up and cover the earth,
I will destroy the city and its inhabitants.’

9 Come up, O horses, and rage, O chariots!
And let the mighty men come forth:
¹The Ethiopians and² the Libyans who handle the shield,
And the Lydians ^awho handle and bend the bow. ‡