Habacuc 1:7

7 Imponente y temible es; de él mismo proceden su justicia y su grandeza.

Habacuc 1:7 Meaning and Commentary

Habakkuk 1:7

They [are] terrible and dreadful
For the fierceness of their countenances; the number and valour of their troops; the splendour of their armour; the victories they had obtained, and the cruelty they had exercised; the fame of all which spread terror wherever they came:

their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves;
they will not be directed and governed by any laws of God and man, but by their own; they will do according to their will and pleasure, and none will be able to gainsay and resist them; they will hear no reason or argument; their decrees and determinations they make of themselves shall be put into execution, and there will be no opposing their tyrannical measures; they will usurp a power, and take upon them an authority over others of themselves, which all must submit unto; no mercy and pity: no goodness and humanity, are to be expected from such lawless and imperious enemies.

Habacuc 1:7 In-Context

5 Mirad entre las naciones, observad, asombraos, admiraos; porque haré una obra en vuestros días que no creeríais si se os contara.

6 Porque he aquí, yo levanto a los caldeos, pueblo feroz e impetuoso, que marcha por la anchura de la tierra para apoderarse de moradas ajenas.

7 Imponente y temible es; de él mismo proceden su justicia y su grandeza.

8 Sus caballos son más veloces que leopardos y más astutos que lobos al anochecer. Al galope vienen sus jinetes, sus jinetes vienen de lejos, vuelan como águila que se precipita a devorar.

9 Vienen todos ellos para hacer violencia, su horda de rostros avanza, recoge cautivos como arena.