6 For I am raising up the Chaldeans,that bitter and hasty nationwhich marches through the breadth of the earth,to possess dwelling places that are not theirs.
7 They are terrible and dreadful;their justice and their dignityproceed from themselves.
8 Their horses are swifter than leopards,more fierce than evening wolves.Their horsemen charge on;their horsemen come from afar;they fly like the eagle that hastens to eat.
9 They all come for violence;their forces advance like the east wind.They gather captives like sand.
10 They scoff at kings,and they scorn rulers.They deride every stronghold,for they build up siege ramps to capture it.
11 Then their mind changes,and they transgress and commit offense;their own power is their god.
12 Are You not from everlasting,O Lord my God, my Holy One? We will not die.O Lord, You have appointed them for judgment;and You, O Rock, have established them for correction.