Why have I seen them dismayed and turned back?
Their mighty ones are beaten down;
They have speedily fled,
And did not look back,
For (A)fear was all around,” says the Lord.
“Do not let the swift flee away,
Nor the mighty man escape;
They will (B)stumble and fall
Toward the north, by the River Euphrates.

“Who is this coming up (C)like a flood,
Whose waters move like the rivers?

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What do I see?
    They are terrified,
they are retreating,
    their warriors are defeated.
They flee(A) in haste
    without looking back,
    and there is terror(B) on every side,”
declares the Lord.
“The swift cannot flee(C)
    nor the strong escape.
In the north by the River Euphrates(D)
    they stumble and fall.(E)

“Who is this that rises like the Nile,
    like rivers of surging waters?(F)

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