5. “Look amongst the nations, watch, and wonder marvellously; for I am working a work in your days, which you will not believe though it is told you.
6. For, behold, I raise up the Kasdim, that bitter and hasty nation, that march through the width of the earth, to possess dwelling places that are not theirs.
7. They are feared and dreaded. Their judgement and their dignity proceed from themselves.
8. Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves. Their horsemen press proudly on. Yes, their horsemen come from afar. They fly as an eagle that hurries to devour.
9. All of them come for violence. Their hordes face the desert. He gathers prisoners like sand.
10. Yes, he scoffs at kings, and princes are a derision to him. He laughs at every stronghold, for he builds up an earthen ramp, and takes it.