⁴ Harness the horses,
    and mount the stallions.
Take your positions.
    Put on your helmets.
Sharpen your spears,
    and prepare your armor.

“A sword, a sword
    is being sharpened and polished.
¹⁰ It is sharpened for terrible slaughter
    and polished to flash like lightning!
Now will you laugh?
    Those far stronger than you have fallen beneath its power!^[a]
11 Yes, the sword is now being sharpened and polished;
    it is being prepared for the executioner.

³ Don’t let the archers put on their armor
    or draw their bows.
Don’t spare even her best soldiers!
    Let her army be completely destroyed.^[a]

“A sword, a sword
    is drawn for your slaughter.
It is polished to destroy,
    flashing like lightning!