Abacuc 1:10

10 Si fan beffe dei re, e i principi son per essi oggetto di scherno; si ridono di tutte le fortezze; ammontano un po’ di terra, e le prendono.

Abacuc 1:10 Meaning and Commentary

Habakkuk 1:10

And they shall scoff at the kings
Or, "he shall" ^F21, Nebuchadnezzar king of the Chaldeans, and the army with him; who would make a jest of kings and their armies that should oppose them, as being not at all a match for them; as the kings of Judah, Jehoiakim and Zedekiah, they carried captive, and all others confederate with them, in whom they trusted, as the king of Egypt particularly; and which is observed to show the vanity of trusting in princes for safety; though it may also include all other kings the Chaldeans fought against, and the kingdoms they invaded and subdued: and the princes shall be a scorn unto them;
the nobles, counsellors, and ministers of state; or leaders and commanders of armies, and general officers, in whom great confidence is often put; but these the king of Babylon and his forces would mock and laugh at, as being nothing in their hands, and who would fall an easy prey to them: they shall deride every strong hold;
in Jerusalem, in the whole land of Judea, and in every other country they invade, or pass through, none being able to stand out against them: for they shall heap dust, and take it;
easily, as it were in sport, only by raising a dust heap, or a heap of dirt; by which is meant a mount raised up to give them a little rise, to throw in their darts or stones, or use their engines and battering rams to more advantage, and to scale the walls, and get possession. There are two other senses mentioned by Kimchi; as that they shall gather a great number of people as dust, and take it; or they shall gather dust to till up the trenches and ditches about the wall, that so they may come at it, and take it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 (awhw) "et ipse", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Drusius, Tarnovius, Grotius, Cocceius.

Abacuc 1:10 In-Context

8 I suoi cavalli son più veloci de’ leopardi, più agili de’ lupi della sera; i suoi cavalieri procedon con fierezza; i suoi cavalieri vengon di lontano, volan come l’aquila che piomba sulla preda.

9 Tutta quella gente viene per darsi alla violenza, le lor facce bramose son tese in avanti, e ammassan prigionieri senza numero come la rena.

10 Si fan beffe dei re, e i principi son per essi oggetto di scherno; si ridono di tutte le fortezze; ammontano un po’ di terra, e le prendono.

11 Poi passan come il vento; passan oltre e si rendon colpevoli, questa lor forza è il loro dio.

12 Non sei tu ab antico; o Eterno, il mio Dio, il mio Santo? Noi non morremo! O Eterno, tu l’hai posto, questo popolo, per esercitare i tuoi giudizi, tu, o Ròcca, l’hai stabilito per infliggere i tuoi castighi.