For he says, '[Are] not my princes altogether kings?

"How then will you repel one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put your trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

"Look! You are trusting in the staff of this broken reed, Egypt, on which if a man leans, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So [is] Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

And you said, "No, for we will flee on horses" -- Therefore you shall flee! And, "We will ride on swift [horses" -- Therefore] those who pursue you shall be swift!

One thousand [shall flee] at the threat of one, At the threat of five you shall flee, Till you are left as a pole on top of a mountain And as a banner on a hill.

"But he shall not multiply horses for himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt to multiply horses, for the LORD has said to you, 'You shall not return that way again.'

The horse [is] prepared for the day of battle, But deliverance [is] of the LORD.

Why do you gad about so much to change your way? Also you shall be ashamed of Egypt as you were ashamed of Assyria.