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“Their horses are swifter than leopards
And keener than [hungry] wolves in the evening,
Their horsemen come galloping,
Their horsemen come from far away;
They fly like an eagle swooping down to devour.

“They all come for violence;
Their horde of faces moves [eagerly] forward,
They gather prisoners like sand.
10 
“They make fun of kings
And rulers are a laughing matter to them.
They ridicule every stronghold
And heap up rubble [for earth mounds] and 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.