26 He will also lift up a (A)standard to the [a]distant nation,
And will (B)whistle for it (C)from the ends of the earth;
And behold, it will (D)come with speed swiftly.
27 (E)No one in it is weary or stumbles,
None slumbers or sleeps;
Nor is the (F)belt at its waist undone,
Nor its sandal strap broken.
28 [b](G)Its arrows are sharp and all its bows are bent;
The hoofs of its horses [c]seem like flint and its chariot (H)wheels like a whirlwind.

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  1. Isaiah 5:26 Lit nations; probably Assyria
  2. Isaiah 5:28 Lit Which, its arrows
  3. Isaiah 5:28 Lit are regarded as

16 And you said, “No, for we will flee on (A)horses,”
Therefore you shall flee!
“And we will ride on swift horses,”
Therefore those who pursue you shall be swift.
17 (B)One thousand will flee at the threat of one man;
You will flee at the threat of five,
Until you are left as a [a]flag on a mountain top
And as a signal on a hill.

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  1. Isaiah 30:17 Lit pole

13 “Behold, he (A)goes up like clouds,
And his (B)chariots like the whirlwind;
His horses are (C)swifter than eagles.
Woe to us, for (D)we are ruined!”

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“Their (A)horses are swifter than leopards
And [a]keener than (B)wolves in the evening.
Their [b]horsemen come galloping,
Their horsemen come from afar;
They fly like an (C)eagle swooping down to devour.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 1:8 Or more eager to attack
  2. Habakkuk 1:8 Or steeds paw the ground