They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not show mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, everyone set in array, like a man for the battle, against you, O daughter of Babylon.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Cruel. The Medes will not spare for money, ver. 3., and Isaias xiii. 7.