⁵ He humbles those who dwell on high,
    he lays the lofty city low;
he levels it to the ground^(A)
    and casts it down to the dust.^(B)

²⁸ Their arrows are sharp,^(A)
    all their bows^(B) are strung;
their horses’ hooves^(C) seem like flint,
    their chariot wheels like a whirlwind.^(D)

²⁷ “Lift up a banner^(A) in the land!
    Blow the trumpet among the nations!
Prepare the nations for battle against her;
    summon against her these kingdoms:^(B)
    Ararat,^(C) Minni and Ashkenaz.^(D)
Appoint a commander against her;
    send up horses like a swarm of locusts.^(E)