⁵ Why do I see them terrified?
    They have fallen back;
their warriors are beaten down
    and have fled in haste.
They do not look back—
    terror is all around!
            says the Lord.^(A)

²⁹ They take their tents and their flocks,
    their curtains and all their goods;
they carry off their camels for themselves,
    and a cry shall go up: “Terror is all around!”^(A)

²⁵ Do not go out into the field
    or walk on the road,
for the enemy has a sword;
    terror is on every side.”^(A)

²¹ Even her mercenaries in her midst
    are like fatted calves;
they, too, have turned and fled together;
    they did not stand,
for the day of their calamity has come upon them,
    the time of their punishment.^(A)

⁸ Nineveh is like a pool
    whose waters^[a] run away.
“Halt! Halt!”—
    but no one turns back.^(A)

¹⁰ I will make many peoples appalled at you;
    their kings shall shudder because of you.
When I brandish my sword before them,
    they shall tremble every moment
for their lives, each one of them,
    on the day of your downfall.^(A)

¹⁵ Why has Apis^[a] fled?
    Why did your bull not stand?
    Because the Lord thrust him down.

¹⁰ For I hear many whispering:
    “Terror is all around!
Denounce him! Let us denounce him!”
    All my close friends
    are watching for me to stumble.
“Perhaps he can be enticed,
    and we can prevail against him
    and take our revenge on him.”^(A)