3. A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and none hath escaped them.
4. The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so do they run.
5. Like the noise of chariots on the tops of the mountains do they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
6. At their presence the peoples are in anguish: all faces are waxed pale.
7. They run like mighty men; they climb the wall like men of war; and they march every one on his ways, and they break not their ranks.
8. Neither doth one thrust another; they march every one in his path: and they burst through the weapons, and break not off their course.
9. They leap upon the city; they run upon the wall; they climb up into the houses; they enter in at the windows like a thief.
10. The earth quaketh before them; the heavens tremble: the sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining: