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Harness the horses
    and ·get on them [L mount the steeds]!
·Go to your places for battle [Take your station]
    and put on your helmets!
·Polish [Burnish] your spears.
    Put on your ·armor [coats of mail]!
What do I see?
    That army is terrified,
and the soldiers ·are running away [have turned back].
    Their warriors are defeated.
They ·run away [flee] quickly
    without looking back.
    There is terror on every side [6:5; 20:3, 10; 49:29]!” says the Lord.
“The fast runners cannot ·run away [flee];
    the strong soldiers cannot escape.
They stumble and fall
    in the north, by the Euphrates River.

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Harness the horses,
    mount the steeds!
Take your positions
    with helmets on!
Polish(A) your spears,
    put on your armor!(B)
What do I see?
    They are terrified,
they are retreating,
    their warriors are defeated.
They flee(C) in haste
    without looking back,
    and there is terror(D) on every side,”
declares the Lord.
“The swift cannot flee(E)
    nor the strong escape.
In the north by the River Euphrates(F)
    they stumble and fall.(G)

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