6. “The swift cannot flee away,nor the warrior escape; in the north by the river Euphrates they have stumbled and fallen.
7. “Who is this, rising like the Nile,like rivers whose waters surge?
8. Egypt rises like the Nile,like rivers whose waters surge.He said, ‘I will rise, I will cover the earth,I will destroy cities and their inhabitants.’
9. Advance, O horses,and rage, O chariots!Let the warriors go out:men of Cush and Put who handle the shield, men of Lud, skilled in handling the bow.