Habakkuk 1:5-11
Revised Standard Version
5 Look among the nations, and see;
wonder and be astounded.
For I am doing a work in your days
that you would not believe if told.
6 For lo, I am rousing the Chalde′ans,
that bitter and hasty nation,
who march through the breadth of the earth,
to seize habitations not their own.
7 Dread and terrible are they;
their justice and dignity proceed from themselves.
8 Their horses are swifter than leopards,
more fierce than the evening wolves;
their horsemen press proudly on.
Yea, their horsemen come from afar;
they fly like an eagle swift to devour.
9 They all come for violence;
terror[a] of them goes before them.
They gather captives like sand.
10 At kings they scoff,
and of rulers they make sport.
They laugh at every fortress,
for they heap up earth and take it.
11 Then they sweep by like the wind and go on,
guilty men, whose own might is their god!
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 1:9 Cn: Heb uncertain
Habakkuk 1:5-11
American Standard Version
5 Behold ye among the nations, and look, and wonder marvellously; for [a]I am working a work in your days, which ye will not believe though it be told you. 6 For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, that march through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling-places that are not theirs. 7 [b]They are terrible and dreadful; their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves. 8 Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves; and their horsemen [c]press proudly on: yea, their horsemen come from far; they fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour. 9 They come all of them for violence; [d]the set of their faces is [e]forwards; and they gather captives as the sand. 10 [f]Yea, he scoffeth at kings, and princes are a derision unto him; he derideth every stronghold; for he heapeth up dust, and taketh it. 11 [g]Then shall he sweep by as a wind, and shall [h]pass over, and be guilty, even he whose might is his god.
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- Habakkuk 1:5 Or, one worketh
- Habakkuk 1:7 Hebrew He: and so in verses 8, 9.
- Habakkuk 1:8 Or, spread themselves
- Habakkuk 1:9 Hebrew the eagerness (or, assembling) of their faces is etc.
- Habakkuk 1:9 Or, towards the east
- Habakkuk 1:10 Or, And they scoff etc.
- Habakkuk 1:11 Or, Then shall the wind sweep by, and he shall pass away
- Habakkuk 1:11 Or, transgress
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