⁶ I will ·use [raise up] the ·Babylonians [^LChaldeans],
    those ·cruel [ruthless; bitter] and ·wild [impetuous; hasty] people
who march across the earth
    and ·take lands [^Lseize dwellings] that don’t belong to them.
⁷ They scare and ·frighten [terrify] people.
    ·They do what they want to do
    and are good only to themselves [^LTheir justice/judgment and dignity proceed from themselves].
⁸ Their horses are faster than leopards
    and ·quicker [fiercer] than wolves ·at sunset [^Lof the evening].
Their ·horse soldiers [cavalry] attack quickly;
    they come from places far away.
They attack quickly, like an ·eagle [or vulture] ·swooping down for food [swift to devour].