The chariots(A) storm through the streets,
    rushing back and forth through the squares.
They look like flaming torches;
    they dart about like lightning.

Nineveh summons her picked troops,
    yet they stumble(B) on their way.
They dash to the city wall;
    the protective shield is put in place.
The river gates(C) are thrown open
    and the palace collapses.

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The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.

He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.

The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.

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The crack of whips,
    the clatter of wheels,
galloping horses
    and jolting chariots!

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The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.

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Charging cavalry,
    flashing swords
    and glittering spears!
Many casualties,
    piles of dead,
bodies without number,
    people stumbling over the corpses(A)

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The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:

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