³ “^(F)Arrange the shield and large shield,
And draw near for the battle!
⁴ Harness the horses,
And ^[a]mount the steeds,
And take your stand with helmets on!
^(G)Polish the spears,
Put on the ^(H)scale-armor!
⁵ Why have I seen it?
They are shattered;
They are ^(I)drawing back,
And their ^(J)mighty men are crushed
And have fled to refuge,
Without facing back;
^[b](K)Terror is on every side!”
Declares Yahweh.
⁶ Let not the ^(L)swift man flee,
Nor the mighty man escape;
In the north beside the river Euphrates
They have ^(M)stumbled and fallen.
⁷ Who is this that ^(N)rises like the Nile,
Like the rivers whose waters toss about?
⁸ Egypt rises like the Nile,
Even like the rivers whose waters toss about;
And He has said, “I will ^(O)rise and cover that land;
I will surely ^(P)cause the city to perish, as well as its inhabitants.”
⁹ Go up, you horses, and ^[c](Q)drive madly, you chariots,
That the mighty men may go forth:
^[d]Ethiopia and ^[e](R)Put, who seize the shield,
And the ^[f](S)Lydians, who seize and bend the bow.
¹⁰ Indeed, ^(T)that day belongs to Lord Yahweh of hosts,
A day of ^(U)vengeance, so as to avenge Himself on His adversaries;
And the ^(V)sword will devour and be satiated
And ^[g]drink its fill of their blood;
For there will be a ^(W)sacrifice to Lord Yahweh of hosts
In the land of the north by the river Euphrates.
¹¹ Go ^(X)up to Gilead and obtain balm,
^(Y)O virgin daughter of Egypt!
In vain have you multiplied ^[h]remedies;
There is ^(Z)no healing for you.
¹² The nations have heard of your ^(AA)disgrace,
And the earth is full of your ^(AB)outcry;
For one ^(AC)warrior has stumbled over ^[i]another,
And both of them have fallen down together.