For I am[367] about to do a work in your days,

Ye shall not believe it when told.

For, lo, I am about to raise up the Kasdim,[368]

A people the most bitter and the most hasty,

That traverse the breadths of the earth,

To possess dwelling-places not their own.

Awful and terrible are they;

From themselves[369] start their purpose and rising.

Fleeter than leopards their steeds,

Swifter than night-wolves.