8:15 We hoped for good fortune, but nothing good has come of it.
We hoped for a time of relief, but instead we experience terror. 1
8:16 The snorting of the enemy’s horses
is already being heard in the city of Dan.
The sound of the neighing of their stallions 2
causes the whole land to tremble with fear.
They are coming to destroy the land and everything in it!
They are coming to destroy 3 the cities and everyone who lives in them!”
1 tn Heb “[We hoped] for a time of healing but behold terror.”
2 tn Heb “his stallions.”
3 tn The words “They are coming to destroy” are not in the text. They are inserted to break up a long sentence in conformity with contemporary English style.