Habakkuk 1:7 Meaning
They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.
Context Explained
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 their's.
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.
9They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.
Key Themes
Related Cross References
Daniel 4:37
Daniel speaks of God's sovereignty over prideful nations, contrasting their self-judgment.
Proverbs 16:18
This verse highlights the danger of pride, which leads to downfall.
Ezekiel 28:17
Ezekiel discusses the pride of the king of Tyre, similar to the pride of the Chaldeans.
Source: Habakkuk 1:7