The shield of his mighty men is red;
    (A)his soldiers are clothed in scarlet.
The chariots come with flashing metal
    on the day he musters them;
    the cypress spears are brandished.
(B)The chariots race madly through the streets;
    they rush to and fro through the squares;
they gleam like torches;
    they dart like lightning.
He remembers (C)his officers;
    (D)they stumble as they go,
they hasten to the wall;
    the siege tower[a] is set up.

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 2:5 Or the mantelet

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