Habakkuk 1:8

New International Reader's Version

Their horses are faster than leopards. They are meaner than wolves at sunset. Their horsemen charge straight into battle. They ride in from far away. They come down like an eagle diving for its food.

Cross References

Job 9:26

They speed along like papyrus boats. They are like eagles swooping down on their food.

Isaiah 11:14

Together they will rush down the slopes of Philistia to the west. They’ll take what belongs to the people of the east. They’ll take over Edom and Moab. The people of Ammon will be under their control.

Jeremiah 4:13

Look! Our enemies are approaching like the clouds. Their chariots are coming like a strong wind. Their horses are faster than eagles. How terrible it will be for us! We’ll be destroyed!

Jeremiah 48:40

The Lord says, “Look! Nebuchadnezzar is like an eagle diving down. He is spreading his wings over Moab.

Jeremiah 5:6

So a lion from the forest will attack them. A wolf from the desert will destroy them. A leopard will hide and wait near their towns. It will tear to pieces anyone who dares to go out. Again and again they have refused to obey the Lord. They have turned away from him many times.

Jeremiah 50:42

Their soldiers are armed with bows and spears. They are mean. They do not show any mercy at all. They come riding in on their horses. They sound like the roaring ocean. They are lined up for battle. They are coming to attack you, city of Babylon.

Lamentations 4:19

Those who were hunting us down were faster than eagles in the sky. They chased us over the mountains. They hid and waited for us in the desert.

Ezekiel 17:12

“These people refuse to obey me. Ask them, ‘Don’t you know what these things mean?’ Tell them, ‘Nebuchadnezzar went to Jerusalem. He was the king of Babylon. He carried off King Jehoiachin and the nobles. He brought them back with him to the city of Babylon.

Ezekiel 17:3

Tell them, ‘The Lord and King says, “A great eagle came to the city of ‘Lebanon.’ It had powerful wings and a lot of long feathers. The feathers were colorful and beautiful. The eagle landed in the top of a cedar tree.

Ezekiel 26:11

The hooves of his horses will pound in your streets. His swords will kill your people. Your strong pillars will fall to the ground.

Hosea 8:1

The Lord said to me, “Put a trumpet to your lips! Give a warning to my people! Assyria is like an eagle. It is ready to attack my land. My people have broken the covenant I made with them. They have refused to obey my law.

Nahum 2:5

Nineveh sends for their special troops. But they trip and fall on their way. They run toward the city wall. They keep their shield in front of them.

Zephaniah 3:3

Jerusalem’s officials are like roaring lions. Their rulers are like wolves that hunt in the evening. They don’t leave anything to eat in the morning.

Matthew 24:28

The vultures will gather wherever there is a dead body.

Luke 17:37

“Where, Lord?” his disciples asked. He replied, “The vultures will gather where there is a dead body.”

Deuteronomy 28:49

The Lord will bring a nation against you from far away. It will come from the ends of the earth. It will dive down on you like an eagle. You won’t understand that nation’s language.