Habakkuk 1:10

God's Word

They will make fun of kings and treat rulers as a joke. They will laugh at every fortified city and build a dirt ramp to capture it.

Cross References

2 Kings 24:12

King Jehoiakin of Judah, his mother, officials, generals, and eunuchs surrendered to the king of Babylon. In the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon captured Jehoiakin.

2 Chronicles 36:10

In the spring King Nebuchadnezzar sent for Jehoiakin and brought him to Babylon with the valuable utensils from the Lord’s temple. Nebuchadnezzar made Jehoiakin’s uncle Zedekiah king of Judah and Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 36:6

King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked Jehoiakim and put him in bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.

Isaiah 10:9

Isn’t Calno like Carchemish? Isn’t Hamath like Arpad? Isn’t Samaria like Damascus?’

Isaiah 14:16

Those who see you stare at you; they look at you closely and say, “Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook the kingdoms,

Isaiah 37:13

Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, and the king of the cities of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’ ”

Jeremiah 30:5

“This is what the Lord says: “We hear cries of fear, cries of panic, not cries of peace.

Jeremiah 32:24

“ ‘See how the dirt ramps have been built up around the city to capture it! Because of wars, famines, and plagues, the city will be handed over to the Babylonians who are attacking it. What you have threatened to do has happened, as you can see.

Jeremiah 33:4

The houses in this city and the palaces of the kings of Judah have been torn down to be used against the dirt ramps and weapons of the Babylonians. This is what the Lord God of Israel says about this:

Ezekiel 21:31

I will pour out my fury on you and breathe on you with my fiery anger. I will hand you over to cruel people who are skilled in destruction.

Ezekiel 26:8

He will destroy the villages on your mainland. He will set up blockades, put up dirt ramps, and raise his shields against you.

Zephaniah 1:8

“On the day of the Lord’s sacrifice I will punish the officials, the king’s sons, and all who dress in foreign clothing.