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They are terrifying and dreadful;
    their right and their exalted position are of their own making.
Swifter than leopards are their horses,
    and faster than desert wolves.
Their horses spring forward;
    they come from far away;
    they fly like an eagle hastening to devour.
All of them come for violence,
    their combined onslaught, a stormwind
    to gather up captives like sand.

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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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Footnotes

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