Habakkuk 1:8-10

Contemporary English Version

⁸Their cavalry troops are faster
    than leopards,
more ferocious than wolves
    hunting at sunset,
and swifter than hungry eagles
    suddenly swooping down.

⁹They are eager to destroy,^[a]
and they gather captives
    like handfuls of sand.
¹⁰They make fun of rulers
    and laugh at fortresses,
while building dirt mounds
    so they can capture cities.^[b]

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Footnotes

1.9 eager to destroy: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
1.10 dirt mounds … cities: Attacking armies often build dirt mounds against city walls to make it easier for them to climb the wall and capture the city.