Habakkuk 1:6-10

6 I am raising up the Babylonians,[a]that ruthless and impetuous people, who sweep across the whole earth to seize dwellings not their own.
7 They are a feared and dreaded people; they are a law to themselves and promote their own honor.
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 all come intent on violence. Their hordes[b] advance like a desert wind and gather prisoners like sand.
10 They mock kings and scoff at rulers. They laugh at all fortified cities; by building earthen ramps they capture them.

Cross References 9

  • 1. S Deuteronomy 28:49; S 2 Kings 24:2
  • 2. Revelation 20:9
  • 3. S Jeremiah 13:20; S Jeremiah 21:7
  • 4. Isaiah 18:7; Jeremiah 39:5-9
  • 5. S Jeremiah 4:13
  • 6. S Genesis 49:27
  • 7. Habakkuk 2:5
  • 8. S 2 Chronicles 36:6
  • 9. S Jeremiah 33:4

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Or "Chaldeans"
  • [b]. The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
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