3 Before them fire devours,and behind them a flame blazes;the land is like the garden of Eden before them,but behind them a desolate wasteland,and nothing escapes them.
4 They have the appearance of horses,and like cavalry they run.
5 As with the sound of chariots,they leap on the mountaintops,as with the sound of a flame of fire consuming stubble,as a mighty army arrayed for war.
6 Before them, peoples are tormented;every face turns pale.
7 Like mighty men they run,like men of war they scale a wall;each marches on his way,they do not swerve from their paths.
8 They do not jostle one another;each marches in his track.Through the weapons they plunge;they do not break rank.
9 They rush on the city,they run on the wall;they climb up into the houses,they enter through the windows like thieves.