14  ^fFlight shall perish from the swift,

^fand the strong shall not retain his strength,

^gnor shall the mighty save his life;

15  he who handles the bow shall not stand,

and he who is ^hswift of foot shall not save himself,

ⁱnor shall he who rides the horse save his life;

16  and he who is stout of heart among the mighty

shall flee away naked in that day,”

declares the Lord.

^e“Strike the capitals until ^ethe thresholds ^fshake,

^gand shatter them on the heads of all the people;²

and those who are left of them I will kill with the sword;

^hnot one of them shall flee away;

not one of them shall escape.

2  ⁱ“If they dig into Sheol,

from there shall my hand take them;

ⁱif they climb up to heaven,

from there I will bring them down.

3  If they hide themselves on ^jthe top of Carmel,

from there I will search them out and take them;

^kand if they hide from my sight at the bottom of the sea,

there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them.

4  ^lAnd if they go into captivity before their enemies,

there I will command the sword, and it shall kill them;

^mand I will fix my eyes upon them

for evil and not for good.”