They are terrible and fearful: [a]their judgment, and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.

Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the wolves in the (A)evening: and their horsemen are many: and their horsemen shall come from far: they shall fly as the eagle hasting to meat.

They come all to spoil: for their faces shall be an [b]East wind, and they shall gather the captivity [c]as the sand.

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Notas al pie

  1. Habakkuk 1:7 They themselves shall be your judges in this cause, and none shall have authority over them to control them.
  2. Habakkuk 1:9 For the Jews most feared this wind, because it destroyed their fruits.
  3. Habakkuk 1:9 They shall be so many in number.

They are a feared and dreaded people;(A)
    they are a law to themselves
    and promote their own honor.
Their horses are swifter(B) than leopards,
    fiercer than wolves(C) 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(D) like sand.

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Notas al pie

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