Habakkuk 1:10

And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
scoff	יִתְקַלָּ֔ס yit.ka.Las	H7046	to disparage · verb, hithpael imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
kings	בַּמְּלָכִ֣ים ba.me.la.Khim	H4428	a king · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
princes	וְרֹזְנִ֖ים ve.ro.ze.Nim	H7336	probably to be heavy · conjunction + verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
scorn	מִשְׂחָ֣ק mis.Chak	H4890	a laughing-stock · noun, common masculine singular absolute
deride	יִשְׂחָ֔ק yis.Chak	H7832	to laugh (in pleasure or detraction) · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
hold	מִבְצָ֣ר miv.Tzar	H4013	a fortification · noun, common masculine singular absolute
heap	וַיִּצְבֹּ֥ר vai.yitz.Bor	H6651	to aggregate · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
dust	עָפָ֖ר 'a.Far	H6083	dust (as powdered or gray) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
take	וַֽיִּלְכְּדָֽהּ Vai.yil.ke.Dah	H3920	to catch (in a net · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular

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Cross-references

2 Chronicles 36:6 Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
2 Chronicles 36:10 And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and m…
Isaiah 14:16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake…
Jeremiah 32:24 Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, beca…
2 Kings 24:12 And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: a…
2 Kings 25:6-7 So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
Jeremiah 33:4 For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are t…
Jeremiah 52:4-7 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon c…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Habakkuk 1:5-11

We have here an answer to the prophet's complaint, giving him assurance that, though God bore long, he would not bear always with this provoking people; for the day of vengeance was in his heart, and he must tell them so, that they might by repentance and reformation turn away the judgment they were threatened with. I. The preamble to the sentence is very awful (Hab 1:5): Behold, you among the heathen, and regard. Since they will not be brought to repentance by the long-suffering of God, he will take another course with them. No resentments are so keen, so deep, as those of abused patience. The Lord will inflict upon them, 1. A public punishment, which shall be beheld and regarded among the…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Habakkuk 1:10

scoff at . . . kings--as unable to resist them. they shall heap dust, and take it--"they shall heap" earth mounds outside, and so "take every stronghold" (compare Sa2 20:15; Kg2 19:32) [GROTIUS].

Adam Clarke on Habakkuk 1:10

They shall scoff at the kings - No power shall be able to stand before them. It will be only as pastime to them to take the strongest places. They will have no need to build formidable ramparts: by sweeping the dust together they shall make mounts sufficient to pass over the walls and take the city.

John Gill on Habakkuk 1:10

And they shall scoff at the kings,.... Or, "he shall" (u), Nebuchadnezzar king of the Chaldeans, and the army with him; who would make a jest of kings and their armies that should oppose them, as being not at all a match for them; as the kings of Judah, Jehoiakim and Zedekiah, they carried captive, and all others confederate with them, in whom they trusted, as the king of Egypt particularly; and which is observed to show the vanity of trusting in princes for safety; though it may also include all other kings the Chaldeans fought against, and the kingdoms they invaded and subdued: and the princes shall be a scorn unto them; the nobles, counsellors, and ministers of state; or leaders and comm…

Dictionary and topics

Babylon · .Prophecies concerning — .Prophecies concerning

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Habakkuk 1:10

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Matthew Henry on Habakkuk 1:5-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Habakkuk 1:10

Adam Clarke on Habakkuk 1:10

John Gill on Habakkuk 1:10

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Habakkuk 1:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Habakkuk 1:5-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Habakkuk 1:10

Adam Clarke on Habakkuk 1:10

John Gill on Habakkuk 1:10

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