Habakkuk 1:8 Cross References - ISV

⁸ Their horses are swifter than leopards, and more cunning than wolves that attack at night. Their horsemen are galloping as they approach from far away. They swoop in like ravenous vultures.

⁴⁹ “The LORD will raise a distant nation against you from the other side of the earth. Swooping down like a vulture,

²⁶ The LORD will signal for nations far away, whistling for them to come from the ends of the earth. Look how quickly and how swiftly they come! ²⁷ No one is weary, no one stumbles, and no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt around their waists will come undone, nor will their sandal straps be broken. ²⁸ Their arrows are sharp, all their bows ready for action. Their horses’ hooves seem like flint, and their chariot wheels spin like a whirlwind.

¹³ The People’s Response to JudgmentLook, he comes up like clouds, and his chariots are like a whirlwind. His horses are as swift as eagles. Woe to us—we’re destroyed!

⁶ Therefore a lion from the forest will attack them, a wolf from the desert will devastate them. A leopard is watching their towns, and everyone who goes out of them will be torn to pieces. For their transgressions are many, and their apostasies numerous.

¹⁹ Our pursuers were swifter than soaring eagles; they pursued us over the mountains, lying in wait for us in the wilderness.

³ Tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says, “A massive eagle with gigantic wings, long pinions, and full, multi-colored plumage came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar.

¹² “Tell my rebellious house, ‘Don’t you know what these things mean? Look! The king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, captured her king and princes, and took them with him to Babylon.

¹ Reaping the Wind Storm “Sound the ram’s horn! Like a vulture the enemy will come against the Temple of the LORD, because Israel violated my covenant, transgressing my Law.

³ Its national officials are roaring lions; its judges are like wolves of the night that don’t leave the bones for the morning.

²⁸ Wherever there’s a corpse, there the vultures will gather.

³⁷ Then they asked him, “Where, Lord, will this take place?”
He told them, “Wherever there’s a corpse, there the vultures will gather.”