Habakkuk 1:6-8

New Century Version

⁶ I will use the Babylonians,
    those cruel and wild people
who march across the earth
    and take lands that don’t belong to them.
⁷ They scare and frighten people.
    They do what they want to do
    and are good only to themselves.
⁸ Their horses are faster than leopards
    and quicker than wolves at sunset.
Their horse soldiers attack quickly;
    they come from places far away.
They attack quickly, like an eagle swooping down for food.