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Harness the horses!
    Riders, mount up!
Take your[a] positions with your[b] helmets!
    Polish lances,
    and put on armor!
Why am I seeing this?[c]
They’re terrified,
    they have turned back.
Their warriors are crushed,
    and they take flight.
They don’t look back.
    Terror is on every side,”
        declares the Lord.
“The swift cannot flee,
    nor can the strong escape.
In the north, beside the Euphrates River,
    they stumble and fall.

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  1. Jeremiah 46:4 The Heb. lacks your
  2. Jeremiah 46:4 The Heb. lacks your
  3. Jeremiah 46:5 The Heb. lacks this

Harness the horses,
    mount the steeds!
Take your positions
    with helmets on!
Polish(A) your spears,
    put on your armor!(B)
What do I see?
    They are terrified,
they are retreating,
    their warriors are defeated.
They flee(C) in haste
    without looking back,
    and there is terror(D) on every side,”
declares the Lord.
“The swift cannot flee(E)
    nor the strong escape.
In the north by the River Euphrates(F)
    they stumble and fall.(G)

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