<p class="poetry">They<n id="1" /> charge<n id="2" /> like warriors;p> <p class="poetry">they scale walls like soldiers.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Each one proceeds on his course;p> <p class="poetry">they do not alter<n id="4" /> their path.p>

<p class="poetry">They rush into<n id="1" /> the city;p> <p class="poetry">they scale<n id="2" /> its walls.p> <p class="poetry">They climb up into the houses;p> <p class="poetry">they go in through the windows like a thief.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Proclaim this among the nations:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Prepare for a holy war!p> <p class="poetry">Call out the warriors!p> <p class="poetry">Let all these fighting men approach and attack!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will remove the one from the north<n id="1" /> far from you.p> <p class="poetry">I will drive him out to a dry and desolate place.p> <p class="poetry">Those in front will be driven eastward into the Dead Sea,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and those in back westward into the Mediterranean Sea.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">His stench will rise up as a foul smell.&#8221;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Indeed, the <sc>Lordsc><n id="5" /> has accomplished great things.p>

<p class="poetry">For a nation<n id="1" /> has invaded<n id="2" /> our<n id="3" /> land.p> <p class="poetry">There are so many of them they are too numerous to count.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Their teeth are like those<n id="5" /> of a lion;p> <p class="poetry">they tear apart their prey like a lioness.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">Let the nations be roused and let them go upp> <p class="poetry">to the valley of Jehoshaphat,p> <p class="poetry">for there I will sit in judgment on all the surrounding nations.p>