²⁵ Don’t go out to the fields;
don’t walk on the road.
For the enemy has a sword;
terror is on every side.^(A)

¹⁰ For I have heard the gossip of many people,
“Terror is on every side!^(A)
Report him; let’s report him!”
Everyone I trusted^[a] watches for my fall.^(B)
“Perhaps he will be deceived
so that we might prevail against him
and take our vengeance on him.”

⁵ Why have I seen this?
They are terrified,
they are retreating,
their warriors are crushed,
they flee headlong,
they never look back,
terror is on every side!^(A)
This is the Lord’s declaration.

²⁹ They will take their tents and their flocks
along with their tent curtains and all their equipment.
They will take their camels for themselves.
They will call out to them,
“Terror is on every side!” ^(A)