Jer 51:20-24, 34-35, Dan 7:19-25, Hab 1:2-10, 2:6-12, 17 | ESV | STEP | You are my hammer and weapon of war : with you I break nations in pieces; with you I destroy kingdoms ;

20 “You are my hammer and weapon of war:
with you I ^abreak nations in pieces;
with you I destroy kingdoms;
21 with you I break in pieces the horse and his rider;
with you I break in pieces the chariot and the charioteer;
22 with you I break in pieces man and woman;
with you I break in pieces ^bthe old man and the youth;
with you I break in pieces ^cthe young man and the young woman;
23 with you I break in pieces the shepherd and his flock;
with you I break in pieces the farmer and his team;
with you I break in pieces ^dgovernors and commanders.
24 ^e“I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea before your very eyes for all the evil that they have done in Zion, declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 51:34-35

34 “Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon ^fhas devoured me;
he has crushed me;
he has made me an empty vessel;
^ghe has swallowed me like ^ha monster;
he has filled his stomach with my delicacies;
he has rinsed me out. ^{▼▼Or he has expelled me}
35 The violence done to me and to my kinsmen be upon Babylon,”
let the inhabitant of Zion say.
“My blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,”
let Jerusalem say.

Daniel 7:19-25

19 “Then I desired to know the truth about ^jthe fourth beast, which was different from all the rest, exceedingly terrifying, with its teeth of iron and claws of bronze, and which devoured and broke in pieces and stamped what was left with its feet, 20 ^kand about the ten horns that were on its head, and the other horn that came up and before which three of them fell, the horn that had eyes and a mouth that spoke great things, and that seemed greater than its companions. 21 As I looked, this horn ^lmade war with the saints and prevailed over them, 22 until the ^mAncient of Days came, and ⁿjudgment was given for the saints of the Most High, and the time came when ^othe saints possessed the kingdom.

23 “Thus he said: ‘As for ^pthe fourth beast,

there shall be a fourth kingdom on earth,
which shall be different from all the kingdoms,
and it shall devour the whole earth,
and trample it down, and break it to pieces.
24 As for the ten horns,
out of this kingdom ten kings shall arise,
and another shall arise after them;
he shall be different from the former ones,
and shall put down three kings.
25 ^qHe shall speak words against the Most High,
and shall wear out the saints of the Most High,
and shall think to ^rchange the times and the law;
and they shall be given into his hand
for ^sa time, times, and half a time.

Habakkuk 1:2-10

Habakkuk’s Complaint

2 O Lord, ^thow long shall I cry for help,
and you will not hear?
Or cry to you ^u“Violence!”
and you will not save?
3 ^vWhy do you make me see iniquity,
and why do you idly look at wrong?
Destruction ^wand violence are before me;
strife and contention arise.
4 ^xSo the law is paralyzed,
and justice never goes forth.
^yFor the wicked surround the righteous;
so justice goes forth perverted.

The Lord’s Answer

5 ^z“Look among the nations, and see;
wonder and be astounded.
^aaFor I am doing a work in your days
that you would not believe if told.
6 For behold, ^abI am raising up the Chaldeans,
that bitter and hasty nation,
^acwho march through the breadth of the earth,
^adto seize dwellings not their own.
7 They are dreaded and fearsome;
^aetheir justice and dignity go forth from themselves.
8 ^afTheir horses are swifter than leopards,
more fierce than ^agthe evening wolves;
their horsemen press proudly on.
Their horsemen come from afar;
^ahthey fly like an eagle swift to devour.
9 They all come ^aifor violence,
all their faces forward.
They gather captives ^ajlike sand.
10 At kings they scoff,
and at rulers they laugh.
^akThey laugh at every fortress,
for ^althey pile up earth and take it.

Habakkuk 2:6-12

Woe to the Chaldeans

6 Shall not all these ^amtake up their taunt against him, with scoffing and riddles for him, and say,

^an“Woe to him ^aowho heaps up what is not his own—
for ^aphow long?—
and ^aqloads himself with pledges!”
7 ^arWill not your debtors suddenly arise,
and those awake who will make you tremble?
Then you will be spoil for them.
8 ^asBecause you have plundered many nations,
all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder you,
^atfor the blood of man and ^auviolence to the earth,
to cities and all who dwell in them.
9 ^av“Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house,
^awto ^axset his nest on high,
to be safe from the reach of harm!
10 You have devised shame for your house
^ayby cutting off many peoples;
you have forfeited your life.
11 For ^azthe stone will cry out from the wall,
and the beam from the woodwork respond.
12 ^ba“Woe to him ^bbwho builds a town with blood
and founds a city on iniquity!

Habakkuk 2:17

17 ^bcThe violence ^bddone to Lebanon will overwhelm you,
as will the destruction of the beasts that terrified them,
^befor the blood of man and violence to the earth,
to cities and all who dwell in them.