42 They (A)seize their bow and javelin;
They are (B)cruel and have no mercy.
Their (C)voice roars like the sea;
And they ride on (D)horses,
(E)Drawn up like a man for the battle
Against you, daughter of Babylon.
43 The (F)king of Babylon has heard the report about them,
And his hands hang limp;
(G)Distress has gripped him,
Agony like a woman in childbirth.

44 (H)Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thicket of the Jordan to a perennially watered pasture; for in an instant I will chase them away from it, and I will appoint over it whoever is (I)chosen. For who is (J)like Me, and who will summon Me into court? And who then is the shepherd who can (K)stand against Me?”

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