¹⁶ And you said, “No, for we will flee on horses”—
Therefore you shall flee!
And, “We will ride on swift horses”—
Therefore those who pursue you shall be swift!

31 Woe to those ^(A)who go down to Egypt for help,
And ^(B)rely on horses,
Who trust in chariots because they are many,
And in horsemen because they are very strong,
But who do not look to the Holy One of Israel,
^(C)Nor seek the Lord!

³ Now the Egyptians are men, and not God;
And their horses are flesh, and not spirit.
When the Lord stretches out His hand,
Both he who helps will fall,
And he who is helped will fall down;
They all will perish ^(A)together.

⁸ Their horses also are ^(A)swifter than leopards,
And more fierce than evening wolves.
Their ^[a]chargers ^[b]charge ahead;
Their cavalry comes from afar;
They fly as the ^(B)eagle that hastens to eat.

¹³ O inhabitant of ^(A)Lachish,
Harness the chariot to the swift steeds
(She was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion),
For the transgressions of Israel were ^(B)found in you.

^14 (A)Therefore ^[a]flight shall perish from the swift,
The strong shall not strengthen his power,
^(B)Nor shall the mighty ^[b]deliver himself;
¹⁵ He shall not stand who handles the bow,
The swift of foot shall not ^[c]escape,
Nor shall he who rides a horse deliver himself.
¹⁶ The most ^[d]courageous men of might
Shall flee naked in that day,”
Says the Lord.