Habakkuk 1:10

They also scoff at kings, And princes are to them a laughing-stock; They deride every stronghold, For they heap up earth and take it.

Noyes Bible

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

9All of them come for violence; The multitude of their faces is directed forwards, And they gather captives as sand.

11Then their spirit is uplifted, and they transgress, and become guilty; This their strength is made their god.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 30:5Behold, thus saith Jehovah: The voice of trembling do we hear; There is alarm, and no peace.

Jeremiah 33:4For thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Concerning the houses of this city, And concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, Which are thrown down toward the mounds and the sword,

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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