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Harness the horses;
    mount the steeds!
Take your positions
    with your helmets,
polish the spears,
    put on the armor!
Why have I seen them
    dismayed and drawing back?
Their mighty ones are beaten down
    and have taken refuge in flight,
and not looking back.
    Terror is on every side!
    says the Lord.
Let not the swift flee away,
    nor the mighty man escape;
they will stumble and fall
    towards the north by the River Euphrates.

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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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