Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.
Let not the swift flee away - equivalent to the strongest negation. Let not any of the Egyptian warriors think to escape by swiftness or by might.
They shall ... fall toward the north - i:e., in respect to Egypt or Judea, In the northward region, by the Euphrates (see Jeremiah 46:2).