Nahum 2:3-5

New Living Translation

³ Shields flash red in the sunlight!
    See the scarlet uniforms of the valiant troops!
Watch as their glittering chariots move into position,
    with a forest of spears waving above them.^[a]
4 The chariots race recklessly along the streets
    and rush wildly through the squares.
They flash like firelight
    and move as swiftly as lightning.
⁵ The king shouts to his officers;
    they stumble in their haste,
    rushing to the walls to set up their defenses.