⁵ “^(A)See among the nations! And look!
Be also astonished! ^(B)Be astounded!
Because I am doing ^(C)something in your days—
You would not believe if it was recounted to you.
⁶ For behold, I am ^(D)raising up the Chaldeans,
That bitter and hasty nation
Who walks on the breadth of the land
To ^(E)possess dwelling places which are not theirs.
⁷ They are dreaded and ^(F)feared;
Their ^(G)justice and exaltation come forth from themselves.
⁸ Their ^(H)horses are swifter than leopards
And ^[a]sharper than ^(I)wolves in the evening.
Their ^[b]horsemen come galloping;
Their horsemen come from afar;
They fly like an ^(J)eagle swooping down to devour.
⁹ All of them come for violence.
^[c]Their horde of ^(K)faces moves forward.
And they gather captives like sand.
¹⁰ And they ^(L)mock at kings,
And rulers are a laughing matter to them.
They ^(M)laugh at every fortress
And ^(N)heap up dirt and capture it.
¹¹ Then they will sweep through like the ^(O)wind and pass on.
But they will be held ^(P)guilty,
They whose ^(Q)power is their god.”