Habakkuk 1:5-11
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
5 Look at the nations and see!
Be astonished! Be astounded!
For a work is being done in your days
that you would not believe if you were told.(A)
6 For I am rousing the Chaldeans,
that fierce and impetuous nation,
who march through the breadth of the earth
to seize dwellings not their own.(B)
7 Dread and fearsome are they;
their justice and dignity proceed from themselves.(C)
8 Their horses are swifter than leopards,
more menacing than wolves at dusk;
their horses charge.
Their horsemen come from far away;
they fly like an eagle swift to devour.(D)
9 They all come for violence,
with faces pressing[a] forward;
they gather captives like sand.(E)
10 At kings they scoff,
and of rulers they make sport.
They laugh at every fortress
and heap up earth to take it.(F)
11 Then they sweep by like the wind;
they transgress and become guilty;
their own might is their god!(G)
Footnotes
- 1.9 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Habakkuk 1:5-11
English Standard Version
The Lord's Answer
5 (A)“Look among the nations, and see;
wonder and be astounded.
(B)For I am doing a work in your days
that you would not believe if told.
6 For behold, (C)I am raising up the Chaldeans,
that bitter and hasty nation,
(D)who march through the breadth of the earth,
(E)to seize dwellings not their own.
7 They are dreaded and fearsome;
(F)their justice and dignity go forth from themselves.
8 (G)Their horses are swifter than leopards,
more fierce than (H)the evening wolves;
their horsemen press proudly on.
Their horsemen come from afar;
(I)they fly like an eagle swift to devour.
9 They all come (J)for violence,
all their faces forward.
They gather captives (K)like sand.
10 At kings they scoff,
and at rulers they laugh.
(L)They laugh at every fortress,
for (M)they pile up earth and take it.
11 Then they sweep by like the wind and go on,
(N)guilty men, (O)whose own might is their god!”
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