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Habakkuk 1:7

Judgment

5 “Look at the nations and observe— be utterly astounded! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe even if someone told you.

6 For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans — that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own.

They are dreaded and feared; from themselves they derive justice and sovereignty.

8 Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour.

9 All of them come bent on violence; their hordes advance like the east wind; they gather prisoners like sand.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
They are dreaded and feared; from themselves they derive justice and sovereignty.
KJV
They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.
WEB
They are feared and dreaded. Their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.
ASV
They are terrible and dreadful; their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.
DARBY
They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.
BLB
He [is] terrible and fearsome; his justice and his dignity go forth from him.
ÅB
Fryktelig og forferdelig er det; fra seg selv henter det sin rett og sin høyhet.
OTB
De er fryktinngytende og skremmende;
deres rettferdighet og verdighet kommer fra dem selv.
B1930
Fryktelig og forferdelig er det; fra sig selv henter det sin rett og sin høihet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 39:5–9

    But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him.

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  • Jeremiah 52:9–11

    The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on Zedekiah.

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  • Isaiah 18:7

    At that time gifts will be brought to the LORD of Hosts— from a people tall and smooth-skinned, from a people widely feared, from a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers— to Mount Zion, the place of the Name of the LORD of Hosts.

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  • Deuteronomy 5:27

    Go near and listen to all that the LORD our God says. Then you can tell us everything the LORD our God tells you; we will listen and obey.”

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  • Deuteronomy 5:19

    You shall not steal.

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  • Jeremiah 52:25–27

    Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as seven trusted royal advisers. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.

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