¹¹ Will you rely on it for its great strength?^(A)
    Will you leave your heavy work to it?

¹⁶ You said, ‘No, we will flee^(A) on horses.’^(B)
    Therefore you will flee!
You said, ‘We will ride off on swift horses.’
    Therefore your pursuers will be swift!

Through a land of hardship and distress,^(C)
    of lions^(D) and lionesses,
    of adders and darting snakes,^(E)
the envoys carry their riches on donkeys’^(F) backs,
    their treasures^(G) on the humps of camels,
to that unprofitable nation,

⁴ Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty,
    but from the strength of an ox^(A) come abundant harvests.

¹⁰ His pleasure is not in the strength^(A) of the horse,^(B)
    nor his delight in the legs of the warrior;

¹⁴     our oxen^(A) will draw heavy loads.^[a]
There will be no breaching of walls,^(B)
    no going into captivity,
    no cry of distress in our streets.^(C)

¹⁶ No king is saved by the size of his army;^(A)
    no warrior escapes by his great strength.
¹⁷ A horse^(B) is a vain hope for deliverance;
    despite all its great strength it cannot save.

⁷ Some trust in chariots^(A) and some in horses,^(B)
    but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.^(C)