6 For, behold, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which march through the breadth of the earth to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs.
7 She is terrible and dreadful: from her herself shall go forth their rights and their grandeur.
8 Their horses shall be swifter than tigers and are sharper than the evening wolves, and their horsemen shall multiply themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as eagles that hasten to eat.
9 All of her shall come for the prey, before their faces an east wind, and they shall gather the captives as the sand.
10 And he shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto him, he shall deride every fortress and shall heap dust and take it.
11 Then he shall become arrogant against God, and he shall pass ahead and shall be found guilty, imputing this his power unto his god.
12 Art thou not from the beginning, O Lord my God, my Holy One? we shall not die, O Lord, thou hast ordained him for judgment, and thou hast established him strong for chastisement.