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Dread and terrible are they;
    their justice and dignity proceed from themselves.
Their horses are swifter than leopards,
    more fierce than the evening wolves;
    their horsemen press proudly on.
Yea, their horsemen come from afar;
    they fly like an eagle swift to devour.
They all come for violence;
    terror[a] of them goes before them.
    They gather captives like sand.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 1:9 Cn: Heb uncertain

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