They are terrifying and (A)feared;
Their (B)justice and [a]authority [b]originate with themselves.
Their (C)horses are faster than leopards,
And quicker than (D)wolves in the evening.
Their [c]horsemen charge along,
Their [d]horsemen come from afar;
They fly like an (E)eagle [e]swooping down to devour.
All of them come for violence.
[f]Their horde of (F)faces moves forward.
They gather captives like sand.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 1:7 Lit sovereignty
  2. Habakkuk 1:7 Lit proceed from
  3. Habakkuk 1:8 Or horses
  4. Habakkuk 1:8 Or horses
  5. Habakkuk 1:8 Lit hurrying to
  6. Habakkuk 1:9 Lit The totality of

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