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Habakkuk 1:8

Habakkuk 1:8 (WEB)

Their 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.

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  • “But lo! in the year just gone by the wolves (no longer of Arabia but of the whole North) were let loose upon us from the remotest fastnesses of Caucasus and in a short time overran these great provinces.” — editor's note: i.e. the Huns have taken the place of the Chaldæans described in Hab. i. 8, LXX.

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