⁵ Why have I seen it?
They are dismayed
    and have turned backward.
Their ^(A)warriors are beaten down
    and have fled in haste;
^(B)they look not back—
    ^(C)terror on every side!
declares the Lord.

^29 (A)Their tents and their flocks shall be taken,
    their ^(B)curtains and all their goods;
their camels shall be led away from them,
    and men shall cry to them: ^(C)‘Terror on every side!’

²⁵ Go not out into the field,
    nor walk on the road,
for the enemy has a sword;
    ^(A)terror is on every side.

²¹ Even her hired soldiers in her midst
    are like ^(A)fattened calves;
yes, they have turned and fled together;
    they did not stand,
for the day of their calamity has come upon them,
    ^(B)the time of their punishment.

^8 (A)Nineveh is like a pool
    whose waters run away.^[a]
“Halt! Halt!” they cry,
    but ^(B)none turns back.

¹⁵ Why are your mighty ones face down?
    They do not stand^[a]
    because the Lord thrust them down.

^10 (A)For I hear many whispering.
    ^(B)Terror is on every side!
“Denounce him! ^(C)Let us denounce him!”
    say all my ^(D)close friends,
    ^(E)watching for ^(F)my fall.
“Perhaps he will be deceived;
    then ^(G)we can overcome him
    and take our revenge on him.”