For behold, (A)I am raising up the Chaldeans,
    that bitter and hasty nation,
(B)who march through the breadth of the earth,
    (C)to seize dwellings not their own.

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I am raising up the Babylonians,[a](A)
    that ruthless and impetuous people,
who sweep across the whole earth(B)
    to seize dwellings not their own.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 1:6 Or Chaldeans

They all come (A)for violence,
    all their faces forward.
    They gather captives (B)like sand.

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    they all come intent on violence.
Their hordes[a] advance like a desert wind
    and gather prisoners(A) like sand.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 1:9 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.