2For the LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob
like the splendor of Israel,
though destroyers have laid them waste
and ruined the branches of their vine.
3The shields of his mighty men are red;
the valiant warriors are dressed in scarlet.
The fittings of the chariots flash like fire
on the day they are prepared,
and the spears of cypress
have been brandished.
4The chariots dash through the streets;
they rush around the plazas,
appearing like torches,
darting about like lightning.
— Nahum 2:2-4