³ Chariots charge!
    Swords flash!
        Spears glitter!
Many corpses are piled high!^[a]
    There is no end to the slain!
        They stumble over their dead!

⁴ “Because of the many idolatries of the prostitute,
    the beautiful charm of a mistress of witchcraft,
she who enslaves nations by her harlotries,
    and peoples by her sorceries,
⁵ “Look! I am against you!” declares^[b]Yahweh.
    “I will strip up your skirts over your face;
        I will let nations look at your nakedness and your shame.