Habakkuk 1:6-11

Christian Standard Bible

⁶ Look! I am raising up^(A) the Chaldeans,^[a]
that bitter,^(B) impetuous nation
that marches across the earth’s open spaces
to seize territories not its own.
⁷ They are fierce^(C) and terrifying;
their views of justice and sovereignty
stem from themselves.
⁸ Their horses are swifter^(D) than leopards^(E)
and more fierce^[b] than wolves of the night.
Their horsemen charge ahead;
their horsemen come from distant lands.
They fly like eagles, swooping to devour.^(F)
9 All of them come to do violence;
their faces^(G) are set in determination.^[c]
They gather^(H) prisoners like sand.^(I)
10 They mock^(J) kings,
and rulers are a joke to them.
They laugh^(K) at every fortress
and build siege ramps to capture^(L) it.
¹¹ Then they sweep^(M) by like the wind
and pass through.
They are guilty;^[d] their strength is their god.