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Habakkuk 1:5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Habakkuk 1:5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
God’s Response
5 [a]Look over the nations and see!
Be utterly amazed!
For a work is being done in your days
that you would not believe, were it told.(A)
Footnotes
- 1:5–7 Habakkuk interprets the Babylonian defeat of Egypt at Carchemish (605 B.C.) as the answer to his complaint: the Lord will send the Chaldean empire against Judah as punishment for their sins.
New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)
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