Habakkuk 1:8

Old Testament Minor Prophet ASV (1901)

Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves; and their horsemen press proudly on: yea, their horsemen come from far; they fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour.

Habakkuk 1:8 — American Standard Version

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Context — Habakkuk 1

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5Behold ye among the nations, and look, and wonder marvellously; for I am working a work in your days, which ye will not believe though it be told you.

6For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, that march through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling-places that are not theirs.

7They are terrible and dreadful; their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.

8Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves; and their horsemen press proudly on: yea, their horsemen come from far; they fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour.

9They come all of them for violence; the set of their faces is forwards; and they gather captives as the sand.

10Yea, he scoffeth at kings, and princes are a derision unto him; he derideth every stronghold; for he heapeth up dust, and taketh it.

11Then shall he sweep by [as] a wind, and shall pass over, and be guilty, [even] he whose might is his god.

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