They are terrible and dreadful;
Their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.
Their horses also are (A)swifter than leopards,
And more fierce than evening wolves.
Their [a]chargers [b]charge ahead;
Their cavalry comes from afar;
They fly as the (B)eagle that hastens to eat.

“They all come for violence;
Their faces are set like the east wind.
They gather captives like sand.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 1:8 Lit. horsemen
  2. Habakkuk 1:8 Lit. spring about

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