Nahum 2:3-5

New Century Version

³ The shields of his soldiers are red;
    the army is dressed in red.
The metal on the chariots flashes like fire
    when they are ready to attack;
    their horses are excited.
⁴ The chariots race through the streets
    and rush back and forth through the city squares.
They look like torches;
    they run like lightning.

⁵ He^[a] calls his officers,
    but they stumble on the way.
They hurry to the city wall,
    and the shield is put into place.