Habakkuk 1:5-11 — Legacy Standard Bible

Yahweh Raises the Dreaded Chaldeans

⁵“^aSee among the nations! And look!Be also astonished! ^bBe astounded!Because I am doing ^csomething in your days—You would not believe if it was recounted to you.⁶“For behold, I am ^araising up the Chaldeans,That bitter and hasty nationWho walks on the breadth of the landTo ^bpossess dwelling places which are not theirs.⁷“They are dreaded and ^afeared;Their ^bjustice and exaltation come forth from themselves.⁸“Their ^ahorses are swifter than leopardsAnd ¹sharper than ^bwolves in the evening.Their ²horsemen come galloping;Their horsemen come from afar;They fly like an ^ceagle swooping down to devour.⁹“All of them come for violence.¹Their horde of ^afaces moves forward.And they gather captives like sand.¹⁰“And they ^amock at kings,And rulers are a laughing matter to them.They ^blaugh at every fortressAnd ^cheap up dirt and capture it.¹¹“Then they will sweep through like the ^awind and pass on.But they will be held ^bguilty,They whose ^cpower is their god.”