11 He and his people with him,
(A)The most ruthless of the nations,
Will be brought in to destroy the land;
And they will draw their swords against Egypt
And fill the land with the slain.

Read full chapter

12 (A)Foreign (B)tyrants of the nations have cut it down and left it; on the (C)mountains and in all the valleys its branches have fallen, and its branches have been broken in all the ravines of the land. And all the peoples of the earth have (D)gone down from its shade and left it.

Read full chapter

12 By the swords of the warriors I will make your multitude fall; all of them are (A)tyrants of the nations,

And they will (B)devastate the pride of Egypt,
And all its multitude will be destroyed.

Read full chapter

For behold, I am (A)raising up the Chaldeans,
That [a]grim and impetuous people
Who march [b]throughout the earth,
To (B)take possession of dwelling places that are not theirs.
They are terrifying and (C)feared;
Their (D)justice and [c]authority [d]originate with themselves.
Their (E)horses are faster than leopards,
And quicker than (F)wolves in the evening.
Their [e]horsemen charge along,
Their [f]horsemen come from afar;
They fly like an (G)eagle [g]swooping down to devour.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 1:6 Lit bitter
  2. Habakkuk 1:6 Lit the breadth of
  3. Habakkuk 1:7 Lit sovereignty
  4. Habakkuk 1:7 Lit proceed from
  5. Habakkuk 1:8 Or horses
  6. Habakkuk 1:8 Or horses
  7. Habakkuk 1:8 Lit hurrying to

Bible Gateway Recommends