⁶ I am raising up the Babylonians,^[a](A)
    that ruthless and impetuous people,
who sweep across the whole earth^(B)
    to seize dwellings not their own.^(C)

⁸ 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;