^{22 Ref} Thus said Jehovah: Lo, a people hath come from a north country, And a great nation is stirred up from the sides of the earth.

^{23 Ref} Bow and javelin they take hold of, Fierce it `is', and they have no mercy, Their voice as a sea doth sound, And on horses they ride, set in array as a man of war, Against thee, O daughter of Zion.