²⁵ Don’t go out to the fields;
don’t walk on the road.
For the enemy has a sword;
terror is on every side.^(A)

¹⁰ For I have heard the gossip of many people,
“Terror is on every side!^(A)
Report him; let’s report him!”
Everyone I trusted^[a] watches for my fall.^(B)
“Perhaps he will be deceived
so that we might prevail against him
and take our vengeance on him.”

⁵ Why have I seen this?
They are terrified,
they are retreating,
their warriors are crushed,
they flee headlong,
they never look back,
terror is on every side!^(A)
This is the Lord’s declaration.