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Their horses are swifter than leopards,
    more fierce than evening wolves.
Their horsemen charge on;
    their horsemen come from afar;
they fly like the eagle that hastens to eat.
    They all come for violence;
their forces advance like the east wind.
    They gather captives like sand.
10 They scoff at kings,
    and they scorn rulers.
They deride every stronghold,
    for they build up siege ramps to capture it.

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Their horses are swifter(A) than leopards,
    fiercer than wolves(B) at dusk.
Their cavalry gallops headlong;
    their horsemen come from afar.
They fly like an eagle swooping to devour;
    they all come intent on violence.
Their hordes[a] advance like a desert wind
    and gather prisoners(C) like sand.
10 They mock kings
    and scoff at rulers.(D)
They laugh at all fortified cities;
    by building earthen ramps(E) they capture them.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 1:9 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.