Habakkuk 1:6-10 For, behold me! raising up the Chaldeans, the bitter and headlong nation,––that marcheth to the breadths of the earth, to take possession of habitations, not his.

Rotherham⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁶ For, behold me! raising up the Chaldeans, the bitter and headlong nation,––that marcheth to the breadths of the earth, to take possession of habitations, not his. ⁷ Awful and fearful, is he,––from himself, his decision and his uprising, proceed. ⁸ Then, swifter than leopards, are his horses, and, more sharply they attack, than evening wolves, and forward have leapt his chargers,––Yea, his chargers, from afar, will come in, they will fly as an eagle hath hastened to devour. ⁹ Solely for violence, will he come, the intent of their faces, is––To the east! And he hath gathered, as the sand, a captive host; ¹⁰ And, he, over kings, will make merry, and, nobles, will be a scorn to him: he, at any fortress, will laugh, once he hath heaped up dust, he hath captured it!