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Habakkuk 1:10

And they shall mocke the Kings, and the princes shalbe a skorne vnto them: they shall deride euery strong holde: for they shall gather dust, and take it.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

9They come all to spoyle: before their faces shalbe an Eastwinde, and they shall gather the captiuitie, as the sand.

11Then shall they take a courage, and transgresse and doe wickedly, imputing this their power vnto their god.

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Cross References

2 Kings 25:6Then they tooke the King, and caried him vp to the King of Babel to Riblah, where they gaue iudgement vpon him.

2 Chronicles 36:10And when the yeere was out, King Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babel with the precious vessels of the house of the Lord, and he made Zedekiah his brother King ouer Iudah and Ierusalem.

Jeremiah 30:5For thus saith the Lord, wee haue heard a terrible voyce, of feare and not of peace.

Jeremiah 33:4For thus saith the Lord God of Israel, concerning the houses of this citie, and concerning the houses of the Kings of Iudah, which are destroyed by the mounts, and by 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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