You said,‘ No, we will flee on horses.’ Therefore you will flee! You said,‘ We will ride off on swift horses.’ Therefore your pursuers will be swift!

你们却说：“不然，我们要骑马奔走。”所以你们必然奔走；又说：“我们要骑飞快的牲口。”所以追赶你们的，也必飞快。

你们说：“不然，我们要骑马奔走”，所以你们必然奔走。你们又说：“我们要骑快马”，所以追赶你们的，也必飞快。

你们说：“不然，我们要骑马奔走”，所以你们必然奔走。你们又说：“我们要骑快马”，所以追赶你们的，也必飞快。

你们说，‘不，我们要骑马奔逃。’所以你们必奔逃。你们又说，‘我们要骑快马逃跑。’所以追赶你们的人必疾驰如飞。

你们却说：“不！我们要骑马奔跑。”所以你们真的要逃跑；你们又说：“我们要骑快马。”所以那些追赶你们的，也必快速！

还说：“不，我们要骑马逃跑！”因此你们真的会逃跑；你们又说：“我们要骑飞快的马！”因此追赶你们的人也会飞快。

你們卻說：不然，我們要騎馬奔走。所以你們必然奔走；又說：我們要騎飛快的牲口。所以追趕你們的，也必飛快。

你們說：「不然，我們要騎馬奔走」，所以你們必然奔走。你們又說：「我們要騎快馬」，所以追趕你們的，也必飛快。

你們說：「不然，我們要騎馬奔走」，所以你們必然奔走。你們又說：「我們要騎快馬」，所以追趕你們的，也必飛快。

你們說，『不，我們要騎馬奔逃。』所以你們必奔逃。你們又說，『我們要騎快馬逃跑。』所以追趕你們的人必疾馳如飛。

你們卻說：“不！我們要騎馬奔跑。”所以你們真的要逃跑；你們又說：“我們要騎快馬。”所以那些追趕你們的，也必快速！

你們卻說：『不！我們要騎馬奔跑；』故此你們真地要逃跑；你們又說：『我們要騎迅速輕快的』；故此追趕你們的也必迅速輕快。

還說：「不，我們要騎馬逃跑！」因此你們真的會逃跑；你們又說：「我們要騎飛快的馬！」因此追趕你們的人也會飛快。

爾曰、不然、我將乘馬而奔、故爾必奔、又曰、我乘迅疾之騎、故追爾者亦迅疾焉、

爾曰、必馳馬以前驅、主必使爾猝然以避敵、爾又曰、必乘馬而疾馳、主必使追爾者、馳騁而至、

爾云、不然、我必乘馬以奔馳、故爾必致奔逃、爾又云、必乘迅速之牲畜、故逐爾者亦必迅速、

You said,‘ No. We’ll escape on horses.’ So you will have to escape! You said,‘ We’ll ride off on fast horses.’ So those who chase you will use faster horses!

and you said,“ No! We will flee upon horses”; therefore you shall flee away; and,“ We will ride upon swift steeds”; therefore your pursuers shall be swift.

You said,‘ No, we will get our help from Egypt. They will give us swift horses for riding into battle.’ But the only swiftness you are going to see is the swiftness of your enemies chasing you!

You say,“ No! We will escape on horses”— therefore you will escape!— and,“ We will ride on fast horses”— but those who pursue you will be faster.

And you said,“ No, for we will flee on horses!” Therefore you shall flee!“ And we will ride on swift horses!” Therefore those who pursue you shall be swift.

And you said,“ No, for we will flee on horses”— Therefore you shall flee! And,“ We will ride on swift horses”— Therefore those who pursue you shall be swift!

but ye said, No, for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.

You say,“ No! We will escape on horses”— therefore you will escape!— and,“ We will ride on fast horses”— but those who pursue you will be faster.

But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.

You say,‘ No, we will flee on horses,’ so you will indeed flee. You say,‘ We will ride on fast horses,’ so your pursuers will be fast.

but you said,“ No, for we will flee on horses;” therefore you will flee; and,“ We will ride on the swift;” therefore those who pursue you will be swift.

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in the multitude of their chariots and in the great strength of their horsemen, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel, or seek help from the Lord.

But the Egyptians are mere mortals and not God; their horses are flesh and not spirit. When the Lord stretches out his hand, those who help will stumble, those who are helped will fall; all will perish together.

The Lord will bring a nation against you from far away, from the ends of the earth, like an eagle swooping down, a nation whose language you will not understand,

Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves at dusk. Their cavalry gallops headlong; their horsemen come from afar. They fly like an eagle swooping to devour;

He lifts up a banner for the distant nations, he whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Here they come, swiftly and speedily!Not one of them grows tired or stumbles, not one slumbers or sleeps; not a belt is loosened at the waist, not a sandal strap is broken.Their arrows are sharp, all their bows are strung; their horses’ hooves seem like flint, their chariot wheels like a whirlwind.Their roar is like that of the lion, they roar like young lions; they growl as they seize their prey and carry it off with no one to rescue.In that day they will roar over it like the roaring of the sea. And if one looks at the land, there is only darkness and distress; even the sun will be darkened by clouds.

They enter Aiath; they pass through Migron; they store supplies at Mikmash.They go over the pass, and say,“ We will camp overnight at Geba.” Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul flees.Cry out, Daughter Gallim! Listen, Laishah! Poor Anathoth!Madmenah is in flight; the people of Gebim take cover.This day they will halt at Nob; they will shake their fist at the mount of Daughter Zion, at the hill of Jerusalem.

A horse is a vain hope for deliverance; despite all its great strength it cannot save.

I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and he said:“ Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Bring them down on the heads of all the people; those who are left I will kill with the sword. Not one will get away, none will escape.

Then the city wall was broken through, and the whole army fled. They left the city at night through the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden, though the Babylonians were surrounding the city. They fled toward the Arabah,

but the Babylonian army pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho. All his soldiers were separated from him and scattered,

The swift will not escape, the strong will not muster their strength, and the warrior will not save his life.The archer will not stand his ground, the fleet-footed soldier will not get away, and the horseman will not save his life.Even the bravest warriors will flee naked on that day,” declares the Lord.

His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse, nor his delight in the legs of the warrior;

Our pursuers were swifter than eagles in the sky; they chased us over the mountains and lay in wait for us in the desert.

The Lord will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will come at them from one direction but flee from them in seven, and you will become a thing of horror to all the kingdoms on earth.

You who live in Lachish, harness fast horses to the chariot. You are where the sin of Daughter Zion began, for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.

Look! He advances like the clouds, his chariots come like a whirlwind, his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! We are ruined!