The (A)sound of the whip,
The sound of the roar of the wheel,
Galloping horses
And [a]bounding chariots!
Horsemen charging,
Swords flashing, (B)spears gleaming,
(C)Many killed, a mass of corpses,
And there is (D)no end to the dead bodies—
They stumble over [b]the dead bodies!

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 3:2 Lit leaping
  2. Nahum 3:3 Lit their

Hear the crack of whips,
    the rumble of wheels!
Horses’ hooves pound,
    and chariots clatter wildly.
See the flashing swords and glittering spears
    as the charioteers charge past!
There are countless casualties,
    heaps of bodies—
so many bodies that
    people stumble over them.

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