900 B
900 B
Their horses...their horses
the horses of the Chaldean soldiers
quicker than the evening wolves
The horses of the Chaldeans are compared to fierce wolves that run after their prey in the evening when they are very hungry because they have not eaten all day. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
their horsemen
The Chaldeans' soldiers riding the horses.
leopards
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)