⁷ “Who is this that rises like the Nile,
    like rivers of surging waters?^(A)
8 Egypt rises like the Nile,^(B)
    like rivers of surging waters.
She says, ‘I will rise and cover the earth;
    I will destroy cities and their people.’^(C)
9 Charge, you horses!
    Drive furiously, you charioteers!^(D)
March on, you warriors—men of Cush^[a](E) and Put who carry shields,
    men of Lydia^(F) who draw the bow.