26 He will also lift up a (A)standard to the [a]distant nation,
And will (B)whistle for it (C)from the ends of the earth;
And behold, it will (D)come with speed swiftly.
27 (E)No one in it is weary or stumbles,
None slumbers or sleeps;
Nor is the (F)belt at its waist undone,
Nor its sandal strap broken.
28 [b](G)Its arrows are sharp and all its bows are bent;
The hoofs of its horses [c]seem like flint and its chariot (H)wheels like a whirlwind.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 5:26 Lit nations; probably Assyria
  2. Isaiah 5:28 Lit Which, its arrows
  3. Isaiah 5:28 Lit are regarded as