22 Thus says the Lord:

“Behold, a people comes from the (A)north country,
And a great nation will be raised from the farthest parts of the earth.

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23 They will lay hold on bow and spear;
They are cruel and have no mercy;
Their voice (A)roars like the sea;
And they ride on horses,
As men of war set in array against you, O daughter of Zion.”

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20 “You(A) are My battle-ax and weapons of war:
For with you I will break the nation in pieces;
With you I will destroy kingdoms;

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21 With you I will break in pieces the horse and its rider;
With you I will break in pieces the chariot and its rider;

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For indeed I am (A)raising up the Chaldeans,
A bitter and hasty (B)nation
Which marches through the breadth of the earth,
To possess dwelling places that are not theirs.
They are terrible and dreadful;
Their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.
Their horses also are (C)swifter than leopards,
And more fierce than evening wolves.
Their [a]chargers [b]charge ahead;
Their cavalry comes from afar;
They fly as the (D)eagle that hastens to eat.

“They all come for violence;
Their faces are set like the east wind.
They gather captives like sand.
10 They scoff at kings,
And princes are scorned by them.
They deride every stronghold,
For they heap up earthen mounds and seize it.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 1:8 Lit. horsemen
  2. Habakkuk 1:8 Lit. spring about

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