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Habakkuk 1:6 KJV
Habakkuk · chapter 1 · verse 6
For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs.Habakkuk 1:6 · King James Version
Habakkuk 1:6 in context
4Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
5Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you.
6For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs.
7They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.
8Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- ChaldeansKasdîya Kasdite, or descendant of KesedH3778 →
- breadthmerchâbenlargement, either literally , or figurativelyH4800 →
- possessyârashto occupyH3423 →
- bittermarbitterH4751 →
- nationgôwya foreign nationH1471 →
- hastymâharproperly, to be liquid or flow easilyH4116 →
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We have here an answer to the prophet's complaint, giving him assurance that, though God bore long, he would not bear always with this provoking people; for the day of vengeance was in his heart, and he must tell them so, that they might by repentance and reformation turn away the judgment they were threatened with.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-11