⁴ Harness the horses,
    mount the steeds!
Take your positions
    with helmets on!
Polish^(A) your spears,
    put on your armor!^(B)

⁹ Charge, you horses!
    Drive furiously, you charioteers!^(A)
March on, you warriors—men of Cush^[a](B) and Put who carry shields,
    men of Lydia^(C) who draw the bow.

⁹ Proclaim this among the nations:
    Prepare for war!^(A)
Rouse the warriors!^(B)
    Let all the fighting men draw near and attack.

¹⁰ Beat your plowshares into swords
    and your pruning hooks^(A) into spears.^(B)
Let the weakling^(C) say,
    “I am strong!”^(D)