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They roar over mountains
    like noisy chariots,
or a mighty army
    ready for battle.
They are a forest fire
    that feasts on straw.
The very sight of them
    is frightening.[a]
They climb over walls
    like warriors;
they march in columns
    and never turn aside.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 2.6 The very … frightening: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
  2. 2.7 and never turn aside: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

With a noise like that of chariots(A)
    they leap over the mountaintops,
like a crackling fire(B) consuming stubble,
    like a mighty army drawn up for battle.

At the sight of them, nations are in anguish;(C)
    every face turns pale.(D)
They charge like warriors;(E)
    they scale walls like soldiers.
They all march in line,(F)
    not swerving(G) from their course.

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