Habakkuk 1:5-11

New American Standard Bible

⁵ “^(A)Look among the nations! Watch!
Be horrified! ^(B)Be frightened speechless!
For I am accomplishing ^(C)a work in your days—
You would not believe it even if ^[a]you were told!
⁶ For behold, I am ^(D)raising up the Chaldeans,
That ^[b]grim and impetuous people
Who march ^[c]throughout the earth,
To ^(E)take possession of dwelling places that are not theirs.
⁷ They are terrifying and ^(F)feared;
Their ^(G)justice and ^[d]authority ^[e]originate with themselves.
⁸ Their ^(H)horses are faster than leopards,
And quicker than ^(I)wolves in the evening.
Their ^[f]horsemen charge along,
Their ^[g]horsemen come from afar;
They fly like an ^(J)eagle ^[h]swooping down to devour.
⁹ All of them come for violence.
^[i]Their horde of ^(K)faces moves forward.
They gather captives like sand.
¹⁰ They ^(L)make fun of kings,
And dignitaries are an object of laughter to them.
They ^(M)laugh at every fortress,
Then ^(N)heap up dirt and ^[j]capture it.
¹¹ Then they fly along like the ^(O)wind and pass on.
But they will be held ^(P)guilty,
They whose ^(Q)strength is their god.”