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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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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Prophecy |
Babylon |
HABAKKUK |
Israel |
Leopard |
CAPTIVITY |
WOLF |
TYRE |
PRINCE |
SCORN |
Quotations and Allusions |
God |
Chaldea |
OFFENCE; OFFEND |
JEHOIAKIM |
CHANGE |
BITTER; BITTERNESS |
BIBLE, THE, IV CANONICITY |
ARMY |
DIGNITIES; DIGNITY |
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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...
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NET Notes: Hab 1:7 Heb “from him his justice, even his lifting up, goes out.” In this context שְׂאֵת (sÿ’et) p...
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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...
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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.
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