Habakkuk 1:5-11
Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh Raises the Dreaded Chaldeans
5 “(A)See among the nations! And look!
Be also astonished! (B)Be astounded!
Because I am doing (C)something in your days—
You would not believe if it was recounted to you.
6 For behold, I am (D)raising up the Chaldeans,
That bitter and hasty nation
Who walks on the breadth of the land
To (E)possess dwelling places which are not theirs.
7 They are dreaded and (F)feared;
Their (G)justice and exaltation come forth from themselves.
8 Their (H)horses are swifter than leopards
And [a]sharper than (I)wolves in the evening.
Their [b]horsemen come galloping;
Their horsemen come from afar;
They fly like an (J)eagle swooping down to devour.
9 All of them come for violence.
[c]Their horde of (K)faces moves forward.
And they gather captives like sand.
10 And they (L)mock at kings,
And rulers are a laughing matter to them.
They (M)laugh at every fortress
And (N)heap up dirt and capture it.
11 Then they will sweep through like the (O)wind and pass on.
But they will be held (P)guilty,
They whose (Q)power is their god.”
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 1:8 Or more eager to attack
- Habakkuk 1:8 Or steeds paw the ground
- Habakkuk 1:9 Or The eagerness of their faces
Habakkuk 1:5-11
Holman Christian Standard Bible
God’s First Answer
5 Look at the nations[a](A) and observe(B)—
be utterly astounded!(C)
For something is taking place in your days
that you will not believe(D)
when you hear about it.(E)
6 Look! I am raising up(F) the Chaldeans,[b]
that bitter,(G) impetuous nation
that marches across the earth’s open spaces
to seize territories not its own.
7 They are fierce(H) and terrifying;
their views of justice and sovereignty
stem from themselves.
8 Their horses are swifter(I) than leopards(J)
and more fierce[c] than wolves of the night.
Their horsemen charge ahead;
their horsemen come from distant lands.
They fly like an eagle, swooping to devour.(K)
9 All of them come to do violence;
their faces(L) are set in determination.[d]
They gather(M) prisoners like sand.(N)
10 They mock(O) kings,
and rulers are a joke to them.
They laugh(P) at every fortress
and build siege ramps to capture(Q) it.
11 Then they sweep(R) by like the wind
and pass through.
They are guilty;[e] their strength is their god.
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 1:5 DSS, LXX, Syr read Look, you treacherous people
- Habakkuk 1:6 = the Babylonians
- Habakkuk 1:8 Or and quicker
- Habakkuk 1:9 Hb obscure
- Habakkuk 1:11 Or wind, and transgress and incur guilt
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