Habakkuk 1:6 Cross References - Rotherham

⁶ For, behold me! raising up the Chaldeans, the bitter and headlong nation,––that marcheth to the breadths of the earth, to take possession of habitations, not his.

⁴⁹ Yahweh will bring against thee a nation from afar, from the end of the earth, as darteth a bird of prey,––a nation whose tongue thou canst not understand; ⁵⁰ a nation of fierce countenance,––who wilt not respect an elder, nor to the young, show favour; ⁵¹ then shall he eat the young of thy cattle and the fruit of thy ground, until thou art destroyed, who will not leave for thee corn, new wine or oil, the young of thy kine, or the ewes of thy flock,––until he hath caused thee to perish. ⁵² And he shall lay siege to thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fortified walls come down, wherein thou wast trusting, in all thy land,––yea he will lay siege to thee in all thy gates, in all thy land, which, Yahweh thy God, hath given, unto thee.

² And Yahweh sent against him troops of Chaldeans, and troops of Syrians, and troops of Moabites, and troops of the sons of Ammon, yea he sent them against Judah, to destroy him,––according to the word of Yahweh, which he spake through his servants the prophets.

⁶ Against him, came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,––and bound him in fetters of bronze, to carry him to Babylon.

¹⁷ So he brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword, in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or virgin, elder or ancient,–all, delivered he into his hand.

¹³ Lo! the land of the Chaldeans, This, is the people, that was not, Assyria, founded it for the inhabitants of the desert,––They set up its siege–towers, They demolished its palaces, Made it a ruin!

⁶ Lo! days are coming, when all that is in thy house, and that which thy fathers have treasured up until this day, shall be carried, away unto Babylon,––nothing, shall be left, Saith Yahweh. ⁷ And, of thy sons who shall issue from thee, whom thou shalt beget, shall they take away,––and they shall become eunuchs, in the palace of the king of Babylon.

¹⁵ For behold me! calling for all the families of the kingdoms of the North, Declareth Yahweh,––and they shall come, and set every one his throne at the opening of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all her walls, round about, and against all the cities of Judah! ¹⁶ Then will I pronounce my judgments against them, concerning all their wickedness,––in that they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and have bowed down to the works of their own hands.

⁶ Lift up an ensign––Zion–ward, Bring into safety, do not tarry,––For, calamity, am, I, bringing in from the North, Even, a great destruction:

⁸ On this account, gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl,––Because the glow of the anger of Yahweh, hath not turned, from us.

¹⁵ Behold me! bringing upon you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, Declareth Yahweh,––A nation invincible, it is, A nation from age–past times, hath it been, A nation whose tongue thou shalt not know, Neither shalt thou understand what it speaketh:

²² Thus, saith Yahweh, Lo! a people coming in from the land of the North,––Yea, a great nation, shall be stirred up out of the remote parts of the earth: ²³ Bow and javelin, shall they grasp, Cruel, is he! So they will not have compassion, Their voice, like the sea, will roar, And, on horses, will they ride,––Arrayed each one, like a man for battle, Against thee, O daughter of Zion!

⁴ Thus, saith Yahweh, God of Israel––Behold me! turning back the weapons of war that are in your hand, wherewith, ye, are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans, who are besieging you, outside the wall,––and I will gather them into the midst of this city.

⁹ Behold me! sending and fetching all the families of the North, Declareth Yahweh, and Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, my servant, And I will bring them in against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations, round about,––And I will devote them to destruction, and make them an astonishment and a hissing, and age–abiding desolations.