Habakkuk 1:5-11

The Lord’s Answer

5 aLook among the nations, and see;
wonder and be astounded.
bFor I am doing a work in your days
that you would not believe if told.
6For behold, cI am raising up the Chaldeans,
that bitter and hasty nation,
dwho march through the breadth of the earth,
eto seize dwellings not their own.
7They are dreaded and fearsome;
ftheir justice and dignity go forth from themselves.
8 gTheir horses are swifter than leopards,
more fierce than hthe evening wolves;
their horsemen press proudly on.
Their horsemen come from afar;
ithey fly like an eagle swift to devour.
9They all come jfor violence,
all their faces forward.
They gather captives klike sand.
10At kings they scoff,
and at rulers they laugh.
lThey laugh at every fortress,
for mthey pile up earth and take it.
11Then they sweep by like the wind and go on,
nguilty men, owhose own might is their god!”
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