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Text -- Habakkuk 1:5-11 (NET)

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The Lord Reveals Some Startling News
1:5 “Look at the nations and pay attention! You will be shocked and amazed! For I will do something in your lifetime that you will not believe even though you are forewarned. 1:6 Look, I am about to empower the Babylonians, that ruthless and greedy nation. They sweep across the surface of the earth, seizing dwelling places that do not belong to them. 1:7 They are frightening and terrifying; they decide for themselves what is right. 1:8 Their horses are faster than leopards and more alert than wolves in the desert. Their horses gallop, their horses come a great distance; like a vulture they swoop down quickly to devour their prey. 1:9 All of them intend to do violence; every face is determined. They take prisoners as easily as one scoops up sand. 1:10 They mock kings and laugh at rulers. They laugh at every fortified city; they build siege ramps and capture them. 1:11 They sweep by like the wind and pass on. But the one who considers himself a god will be held guilty.”
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NET Notes: Hab 1:5 Heb “you will not believe when it is told.” In this context the force of כִּי (ki) may be “when,” R...

NET Notes: Hab 1:6 Heb “the open spaces.”

NET Notes: Hab 1:7 Heb “from him his justice, even his lifting up, goes out.” In this context שְׂאֵת (sÿ’et) p...

NET Notes: Hab 1:8 Heb “they fly like a vulture/an eagle quickly to devour.” The direct object “their prey” is not included in the Hebrew text bu...

NET Notes: Hab 1:9 Heb “and he gathers like sand, prisoners.”

NET Notes: Hab 1:10 Heb “they heap up dirt.” This is a reference to the piling up of earthen ramps in the process of laying siege to a fortified city.

NET Notes: Hab 1:11 Heb “and guilty is the one whose strength is his god.” This assumes that אָשֵׁם (’ashem) is a pr...

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