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Why have I seen it? They are dismayed and have turned backward, and their mighty warriors are beaten down. They flee in haste and look not back; terror is on every side! says the Lord.(A)

Let not the swift flee nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates they stumble and fall.

Who is this that rises up like the Nile [River], like the branches [of the Nile in the delta of Egypt] whose waters surge and toss?

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What do I see?
    They are terrified,
they are retreating,
    their warriors are defeated.
They flee(A) in haste
    without looking back,
    and there is terror(B) on every side,”
declares the Lord.
“The swift cannot flee(C)
    nor the strong escape.
In the north by the River Euphrates(D)
    they stumble and fall.(E)

“Who is this that rises like the Nile,
    like rivers of surging waters?(F)

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