1. One who shatters has come up against you! Guard the fortification! Watch the road! Gird your loins! Muster all your strength!
2. For Yahweh will restore the majesty of Jacob like the majesty of Israel; for ravagers have ravaged them and ruined their branches.
3. The shields of his warriors are dyed red; The powerful men are dressed in scarlet. The metal of the chariots shines like fire on the day of battle, and their spears quiver.
4. The chariots race madly through the streets; they rush back and forth in the public squares. Their appearance like lightning bolts, they dart about like flashes of lightning.
5. He calls his officers; they stumble as they march; they rush to her wall; they set the covering in place.