Like a dream that has fled away, he shall not be found; and he has fled like a vision of the night.

When evildoers drew near against me to eat up my flesh, my persecutors and my enemies, they fainted and fell.

Yet I passed by, and lo! He was not; and I sought him, but his place was not found.

Let not the swift flee, and let not the mighty man escape to the north. The [forces] at Euphrates have become feeble, and they have fallen.

I will make you a terror, and you shall be no more forever, says the Lord God.