Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
swifter than the leopards—OPPIAN [Cynegeticks, 3.76], says of the leopard, "It runs most swiftly straight on: you would fancy it was flying through the air."
more fierce—rather, "more keen"; literally, "sharp."
evening wolves—wolves famished with fasting all day and so most keen in attacking the fold under covert of the approaching night (Jeremiah 5:6; Zephaniah 3:3; compare Genesis 49:27). Hence "twilight" is termed in Arabic and Persian "the wolf's tail"; and in French, entre chien et loup.
spread themselves—proudly; as in Jeremiah 50:11, and Malachi 4:2, it implies strength and vigor. So also the Arabic cognate word [MAURER].
their horsemen . . . come from far—and yet are not wearied by the long journey.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Habakkuk 1:8:
Job 1:17
Isaiah 11:14
Isaiah 18:2
Jeremiah 4:13
Jeremiah 5:6
Jeremiah 48:40
Daniel 7:6
Hosea 8:1
Zephaniah 3:3
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