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Habakkuk 1:5-11
Legacy Standard Bible
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
New International Version
Habakkuk 1:5-11
New International Version
The Lord’s Answer
5 “Look at the nations and watch—
and be utterly amazed.(A)
For I am going to do something in your days
that you would not believe,
even if you were told.(B)
6 I am raising up the Babylonians,[a](C)
that ruthless and impetuous people,
who sweep across the whole earth(D)
to seize dwellings not their own.(E)
7 They are a feared and dreaded people;(F)
they are a law to themselves
and promote their own honor.
8 Their horses are swifter(G) than leopards,
fiercer than wolves(H) 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(I) like sand.
10 They mock kings
and scoff at rulers.(J)
They laugh at all fortified cities;
by building earthen ramps(K) they capture them.
11 Then they sweep past like the wind(L) and go on—
guilty people, whose own strength is their god.”(M)
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 1:6 Or Chaldeans
- Habakkuk 1:9 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
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