Nahum 2:3-5

Evangelical Heritage Version

³ The shields of the mighty warriors are dyed red.
    The soldiers are dressed in scarlet garments.
    The steel fittings^[a] of the chariots shine like fire on the day of battle.
    The soldiers shake their spears.^[b]
4 The chariots race wildly through the streets.
    They rush back and forth in the city squares.
    They look like lightning.
    They dart about like flashes of lightning.
⁵ The commander^[c] gives orders to his elite troops.
    They fall over each other as they advance.
    They rush to the city wall.
    They set up the protective canopy over the battering ram.