who made the world as a wilderness and destroyed its cities, who would not open the house of his prisoners?’
Habakkuk 1:7 - The Scriptures 2009 “They are frightening and fearsome, their right-ruling and their exaltation proceed from themselves. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [The Chaldeans] are terrible and dreadful; their justice and dignity proceed [only] from themselves. American Standard Version (1901) They are terrible and dreadful; their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves. Common English Bible The Chaldean is dreadful and fearful. He makes his own justice and dignity. Catholic Public Domain Version It is dreadful and terrible. From themselves, judgment and their burden will issue. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They are dreadful, and terrible: from themselves shall their judgment, and their burden proceed. |
who made the world as a wilderness and destroyed its cities, who would not open the house of his prisoners?’
which sends envoys by sea, even in vessels of reed on the waters, saying, “Go, swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth-skinned, to a people dreaded from their beginning onward, a nation mighty and trampling, whose land the rivers divide.”
In that time a present shall be brought to יהוה of hosts from a people tall and smooth-skinned, and from a people awesome from their beginning onward – a nation mighty and trampling, whose land the rivers have divided – to the place of the Name of יהוה of hosts, to Mount Tsiyon.
“And now, hear this, you who are given to pleasures, who dwells complacently, who says in your heart, ‘I am, and there is none but me. I do not sit as a widow, nor do I know the loss of children.’
“You, O sovereign, were looking on, and saw a great image! This great image, and its brightness excellent, was standing before you, and its form was awesome.
This is the exultant city that is dwelling in safety, that said in her heart, “I am it, and there is none but me.” How has she become a waste, a place for beasts to lie down! Everyone who passes by her whistles and shakes his fist.
You go near and hear all that יהוה our Elohim says, and speak to us all that יהוה our Elohim says to you, and we shall hear and do it.’