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[a]They are terrible and dreadful; their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves. Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves; and their horsemen [b]press proudly on: yea, their horsemen come from far; they fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour. They come all of them for violence; [c]the set of their faces is [d]forwards; and they gather captives as the sand.

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  1. Habakkuk 1:7 Hebrew He: and so in verses 8, 9.
  2. Habakkuk 1:8 Or, spread themselves
  3. Habakkuk 1:9 Hebrew the eagerness (or, assembling) of their faces is etc.
  4. Habakkuk 1:9 Or, towards the east