⁷ They are running like strong men, they go over the wall like men of war; every man goes straight on his way, their lines are not broken.

²⁷ The locusts have no king, but they all go out in bands;

²³ Saul and Jonathan were loved and pleasing; in their lives and in their death they were not parted; they went more quickly than eagles, they were stronger than lions.

¹⁸ There were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab and Abishai and Asahel: and Asahel was as quick-footed as a roe of the fields.

¹⁹ Asahel went running after Abner, not turning to the right or to the left.

⁸ And that day David said, Whoever makes an attack on the Jebusites, let him go up by the water-pipe, and put to death all the blind and feeble-footed who are hated by David. And this is why they say, The blind and feeble-footed may not come into the house.

⁵ Who is like a newly married man coming from his bride-tent, and is glad like a strong runner starting on his way.

²⁶ And he will let a flag be lifted up as a sign to a far-off nation, whistling to them from the ends of the earth: and they will come quickly and suddenly.

²⁷ There is no weariness among them, and no man is feeble-footed: they come without resting or sleeping, and the cord of their shoes is not broken.

²⁸ Their arrows are sharp, and every bow is bent: the feet of their horses are like rock, and their wheels are like a rushing storm.

²⁹ The sound of their armies will be like the voice of a lion, and their war-cry like the noise of young lions: with loud cries they will come down on their food and will take it away safely, and there will be no one to take it out of their hands.

¹⁰ Go up against her vines and make waste; let the destruction be complete: take away her branches, for they are not the Lord's.

⁹ They make a rush on the town, running on the wall; they go up into the houses and in through the windows like a thief.