11 “He and his people with him,
(A)The most ruthless of the nations,
Will be brought in to destroy the land;
And they will draw their swords against Egypt
And fill the land with the slain.

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12 (A)Alien (B)tyrants of the nations have cut it down and left it; on the (C)mountains and in all the valleys its branches have fallen and its boughs have been broken in all the ravines of the land. And all the peoples of the earth have (D)gone down from its shade and left it.

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12 By the swords of the mighty ones I will cause your hordes to fall; all of them are (A)tyrants of the nations,

And they will (B)devastate the pride of Egypt,
And all its hordes will be destroyed.

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“For behold, I am (A)raising up the Chaldeans,
That [a]fierce and impetuous people
Who march [b]throughout the earth
To [c](B)seize dwelling places which are not theirs.
“They are dreaded and (C)feared;
Their (D)justice and [d]authority [e]originate with themselves.
“Their (E)horses are swifter than leopards
And [f]keener than (F)wolves in the evening.
Their [g]horsemen come galloping,
Their horsemen come from afar;
They fly like an (G)eagle swooping down to devour.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 1:6 Lit bitter
  2. Habakkuk 1:6 Lit the breadth of
  3. Habakkuk 1:6 Lit take possession of
  4. Habakkuk 1:7 Lit eminence
  5. Habakkuk 1:7 Lit proceeds from
  6. Habakkuk 1:8 Or more eager to attack
  7. Habakkuk 1:8 Or steeds paw the ground