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# Their horses ... their horses
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the horses of the Chaldean soldiers
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# leopards
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large, swift cats (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-unknown]])
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# the evening wolves
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This refers to wolves that hunt their prey at night.
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# their horsemen
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the Chaldean soldiers who ride the horses
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# they fly like an eagle hurrying to eat
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Yahweh speaks of how quickly the Chaldeans move in order to conquer their enemies as if they were flying, like an eagle flies swiftly to capture its prey. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# their multitudes go like the desert wind
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Yahweh speaks of how quickly the Chaldeans move as if they were a strong wind that blows in the desert. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# they gather captives like sand
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Possible meanings are 1) the Chaldeans take people captive as easily as one would scoop up sand with his hand. AT: "they gather captives as one gathers sand" or 2) the Chaldeans take a great number of people captive, as if those people were as many as the grains of sand in the desert. AT: "they capture as many people as there are grains of sand" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]]) |