16 From (A)Dan there is heard the snorting of his horses;
At the sound of the neighing of his (B)stallions
The whole land quakes;
For they come and (C)devour the land and its fullness,
The city and its inhabitants.

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16 The snorting of the enemy’s horses(A)
    is heard from Dan;(B)
at the neighing of their stallions
    the whole land trembles.(C)
They have come to devour(D)
    the land and everything in it,
    the city and all who live there.

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Because of the noise of the [a](A)galloping hoofs of his [b]stallions,
The roar of his chariots, and the rumbling of his wheels,
The fathers have not turned back for their children,
Because of the debility of their hands,

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 47:3 Lit stamping of the
  2. Jeremiah 47:3 Lit mighty ones

at the sound of the hooves of galloping steeds,
    at the noise of enemy chariots(A)
    and the rumble of their wheels.
Parents will not turn to help their children;
    their hands will hang limp.(B)

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Their (A)horses are faster than leopards,
And quicker than (B)wolves in the evening.
Their [a]horsemen charge along,
Their [b]horsemen come from afar;
They fly like an (C)eagle [c]swooping down to devour.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 1:8 Or horses
  2. Habakkuk 1:8 Or horses
  3. Habakkuk 1:8 Lit hurrying to

Their horses are swifter(A) than leopards,
    fiercer than wolves(B) at dusk.
Their cavalry gallops headlong;
    their horsemen come from afar.
They fly like an eagle swooping to devour;

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