1
Tzefanyah walks onward and sees a place through which thousands upon thousands and myriads upon myriads of terrible messengers pass.
2
Their faces are like leopards, their tusks project like those of wild boars, and their eyes are mixed with blood.
3
Their hair hangs loose, fiery scourges are in their hands, and they seize the souls of the lawless.
4
Tzefanyah asks who these fearsome beings are.
5
He is told that they are appointed over the souls of those who refused righteousness and remained in lawlessness.
6
The sight terrifies him, and he again asks for mercy.