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24 I will bring the worst of the nations
    to take possession of their houses.
I will put an end to the arrogance of the strong,
    and their holy places shall be profaned.(A)

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24 I will bring the most wicked of nations
    to take possession of their houses.
I will put an end to the pride of the mighty,
    and their sanctuaries(A) will be desecrated.(B)

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therefore, I will bring strangers against you,
    the most terrible of the nations;
they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom
    and defile your splendor.(A)

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I am going to bring foreigners against you,
    the most ruthless of nations;(A)
they will draw their swords against your beauty and wisdom(B)
    and pierce your shining splendor.(C)

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28 I will make the land a desolation and a waste, and its proud might shall come to an end, and the mountains of Israel shall be so desolate that no one will pass through.(A)

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28 I will make the land a desolate waste, and her proud strength will come to an end, and the mountains(A) of Israel will become desolate so that no one will cross them.(B)

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31 I will pour out my indignation upon you;
    with the fire of my wrath
    I will blow upon you.
I will deliver you into brutish hands,
    those skillful to destroy.(A)

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31 I will pour out my wrath on you
    and breathe(A) out my fiery anger(B) against you;
I will deliver you into the hands of brutal men,
    men skilled in destruction.(C)

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41 he gave them into the hand of the nations,
    so that those who hated them ruled over them.(A)

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41 He gave them into the hands(A) of the nations,
    and their foes ruled over them.

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For I am rousing the Chaldeans,
    that fierce and impetuous nation,
who march through the breadth of the earth
    to seize dwellings not their own.(A)
Dread and fearsome are they;
    their justice and dignity proceed from themselves.(B)
Their horses are swifter than leopards,
    more menacing than wolves at dusk;
    their horses charge.
Their horsemen come from far away;
    they fly like an eagle swift to devour.(C)
They all come for violence,
    with faces pressing[a] forward;
    they gather captives like sand.(D)
10 At kings they scoff,
    and of rulers they make sport.
They laugh at every fortress
    and heap up earth to take it.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 1.9 Meaning of Heb uncertain

I am raising up the Babylonians,[a](A)
    that ruthless and impetuous people,
who sweep across the whole earth(B)
    to seize dwellings not their own.(C)
They are a feared and dreaded people;(D)
    they are a law to themselves
    and promote their own honor.
Their horses are swifter(E) than leopards,
    fiercer than wolves(F) at dusk.
Their cavalry gallops headlong;
    their horsemen come from afar.
They fly like an eagle swooping to devour;
    they all come intent on violence.
Their hordes[b] advance like a desert wind
    and gather prisoners(G) like sand.
10 They mock kings
    and scoff at rulers.(H)
They laugh at all fortified cities;
    by building earthen ramps(I) they capture them.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 1:6 Or Chaldeans
  2. Habakkuk 1:9 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

21 Say to the house of Israel: Thus says the Lord God: I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and your heart’s desire, and your sons and your daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword.(A)

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21 Say to the people of Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am about to desecrate my sanctuary(A)—the stronghold in which you take pride,(B) the delight of your eyes,(C) the object of your affection. The sons and daughters(D) you left behind will fall by the sword.(E)

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Mortal, set your face toward Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries; prophesy against the land of Israel(A)

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“Son of man, set your face against(A) Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuary.(B) Prophesy against(C) the land of Israel

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Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,
    our homes to aliens.(A)

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Our inheritance(A) has been turned over to strangers,(B)
    our homes(C) to foreigners.(D)

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12 Upon all the bare heights[a] in the desert,
    spoilers have come,
for the sword of the Lord devours
    from one end of the land to the other;
    no one shall be safe.(A)

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  1. 12.12 Or the trails

12 Over all the barren heights in the desert
    destroyers will swarm,
for the sword(A) of the Lord(B) will devour(C)
    from one end of the land to the other;(D)
    no one will be safe.(E)

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12 Their houses shall be turned over to others,
    their fields and wives together;
for I will stretch out my hand
    against the inhabitants of the land,
            says the Lord.(A)

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12 Their houses will be turned over to others,(A)
    together with their fields and their wives,(B)
when I stretch out my hand(C)
    against those who live in the land,”
declares the Lord.

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A lion has gone up from its thicket;
    a destroyer of nations has set out;
    he has gone out from his place
to make your land a waste;
    your cities will be ruins
    without inhabitant.(A)

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A lion(A) has come out of his lair;(B)
    a destroyer(C) of nations has set out.
He has left his place
    to lay waste(D) your land.
Your towns will lie in ruins(E)
    without inhabitant.

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14 Therefore Sheol has enlarged its appetite
    and opened its mouth beyond measure;
the nobility of Jerusalem[a] and her multitude go down,
    her throng and all who exult in her.(A)

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  1. 5.14 Heb her nobility

14 Therefore Death(A) expands its jaws,
    opening wide its mouth;(B)
into it will descend their nobles and masses
    with all their brawlers and revelers.(C)

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