large, swift cats (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-unknown]])
## they fly like an eagle ##
"the horsemen ride as quickly as eagles fly" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
## their multitudes go like a desert wind, and they gather captives like sand ##
The Chaldeans are many, and like the grains of sand the wind picks up in a storm are too many to count, so no one can count the people they capture and make prisoners. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])