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The invaders are pictured as swift and violent, with horses faster than leopards and riders who fly like an eagle. They gather captives like sand and mock kings and fortresses. These images are in Habakkuk 1:8–10.
8Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves. Their horsemen press proudly on. Yes, their horsemen come from afar. They fly as an eagle that hurries to devour.
9All of them come for violence. Their hordes face the desert. He gathers prisoners like sand.
10Yes, he scoffs at kings, and princes are a derision to him. He laughs at every stronghold, for he builds up an earthen ramp, and takes it.