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Why have I seen it?
They are dismayed
    and have turned backward.
Their warriors are beaten down,
    and have fled in haste;
they look not back—
    terror on every side!
                says the Lord.
The swift cannot flee away,
    nor the warrior escape;
in the north by the river Euphra′tes
    they have stumbled and fallen.

“Who is this, rising like the Nile,
    like rivers whose waters surge?

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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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