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Their (A)horses are swifter than leopards
And [a]sharper than (B)wolves in the evening.
Their [b]horsemen come galloping;
Their horsemen come from afar;
They fly like an (C)eagle swooping down to devour.
All of them come for violence.
[c]Their horde of (D)faces moves forward.
And they gather captives like sand.
10 And they (E)mock at kings,
And rulers are a laughing matter to them.
They (F)laugh at every fortress
And (G)heap up dirt and capture it.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 1:8 Or more eager to attack
  2. Habakkuk 1:8 Or steeds paw the ground
  3. Habakkuk 1:9 Or The eagerness of their faces