Nahum 2:4-6

Good News Translation

⁴ Chariots dash wildly through the streets,
    rushing back and forth in the city squares.
They flash like torches
    and dart about like lightning.
⁵ The officers are summoned;
    they stumble as they press forward.

The attackers rush to the wall
    and set up the shield for the battering ram.
⁶ The gates by the river burst open;
    the palace is filled with terror.