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“Their horses are faster than leopards, fiercer than hungry wolves. Their cavalry troops come riding from distant lands; their horses paw the ground. They come swooping down like eagles attacking their prey.

“Their armies advance in violent conquest, and everyone is terrified as they approach.[a] Their captives are as numerous as grains of sand. 10 They treat kings with contempt and laugh at high officials. No fortress can stop them—they pile up earth against it and capture it.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 1:9 Probable text and everyone … approach; Hebrew unclear.

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