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15 Your brave soldiers will fall.
They will lie flat on the ground.
They cannot stand and fight because the Lord will knock them down.
16 They will continue to fall over each other.
They will say to each other, “Get up!
We must return to our homes where our own people live.
We must escape from our enemies, who want to kill us.”
17 When they get back home, they will say,
“The king of Egypt is only a loud noise.
He could not win when he had the chance.” ’

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15 Why will your warriors be laid low?
    They cannot stand, for the Lord will push them down.(A)
16 They will stumble(B) repeatedly;
    they will fall(C) over each other.
They will say, ‘Get up, let us go back
    to our own people(D) and our native lands,
    away from the sword of the oppressor.’(E)
17 There they will exclaim,
    ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is only a loud noise;(F)
    he has missed his opportunity.(G)

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