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Habakkuk 1:5-11

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5 Look among the nations and watch! Be astonished and stare because something is happening in your days that you wouldn't believe even if told.
5 “Look at the nations and watch— and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told.
6 I am about to rouse the Chaldeans, that bitter and impetuous nation, which travels throughout the earth to possess dwelling places it does not own.
6 I am raising up the Babylonians,that ruthless and impetuous people, who sweep across the whole earth to seize dwellings not their own.
7 The Chaldean is dreadful and fearful. He makes his own justice and dignity.
7 They are a feared and dreaded people; they are a law to themselves and promote their own honor.
8 His horses are faster than leopards; they are quicker than wolves of the evening. His horsemen charge forward; his horsemen come from far away. They fly in to devour, swiftly, like an eagle.
8 Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves at dusk. Their cavalry gallops headlong; their horsemen come from afar. They fly like an eagle swooping to devour;
9 They come for violence, the horde with all their faces set toward the desert. He takes captives like sand.
9 they all come intent on violence. Their hordes advance like a desert wind and gather prisoners like sand.
10 He makes fun of kings; rulers are ridiculous to him. He laughs at every fortress, then he piles up dirt and takes it.
10 They mock kings and scoff at rulers. They laugh at all fortified cities; by building earthen ramps they capture them.
11 He passes through like the wind and invades; but he will be held guilty, the one whose strength is his god.
11 Then they sweep past like the wind and go on— guilty people, whose own strength is their god.”
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