Habakkuk 1:10

And he shall be at his ease with kings, and princes are his toys, and he shall mock at every strong-hold, and shall cast a mound, and take possession of it.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.

In Context

9Destruction shall come upon ungodly men, resisting with their adverse front, and he shall gather the captivity as the sand.

11Then shall he change his spirit, and he shall pass through, and make an atonement, saying, This strength belongs to my god.

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Cross References

2 Kings 25:6And they took the king, and brought him to the king of Babylon to Reblatha; and he gave judgment upon him.

2 Chronicles 36:10And at the turn of the year, king Nabuchodonosor sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the precious vessels of the house of the Lord, and made Sedekias his father's brother king over Juda and Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 30:5for thy fatherless one to be left to live, but I shall live, and the widows trust in me.

Jeremiah 33:4And thou shalt say, Thus said the Lord; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my statutes which I set before you,

Matthew Henry on Habakkuk 1:6-12

Judgment Predicted. ( b. c. 600.) 5 Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you. 6 For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwelling-places that are not theirs. 7 They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves. 8 Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more… Read the whole commentary →

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