Habakkuk 1:9-11 Part 1 of 2

"On they come, all bent on violence. Their hordes advance like a desert wind, sweeping captives ahead of them like sand. They scoff at kings and princes and scorn all their fortresses. They simply pile ramps of earth against their walls and capture them! They sweep past like the wind and are gone. But they are deeply guilty, for their own strength is their god."

 

"On they come, all bent on violence. Their hordes advance like a desert wind, sweeping captives ahead of them like sand."

Habakkuk 2:5  "Wealth is treacherous, and the arrogant are never at rest. They open their mouths as wide as the grave, and like death, they are never satisfied. In their greed they have gathered up many nations and swallowed many peoples." (see all chapter 2)

Habakkuk 2:17  "You cut down the forests of Lebanon. Now you will be cut down. You destroyed the wild animals, so now their terror will be yours. You committed murder throughout the countryside and filled the towns with violence."

Joshua 11:4  All these kings came out to fight (see verses 1-3). Their combined armies formed a vast horde. With all their horses and chariots, they covered the landscape like sand on the seashore. (see all chapter 11)

 

"They scoff at kings and princes and scorn all their fortresses. They simply pile ramps of earth against their walls and capture them!" 

2 Kings 25:1-2  So on January 15, during the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon led his entire army against Jerusalem. They surrounded the city and built siege ramps against its walls. Jerusalem was kept under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah's reign. (see all chapter 25)

Isaiah 23:13  Look at the land of Babylonia--the people of that land are gone! The Assyrians have handed Babylon over to the wild animals of the desert. They have built siege ramps against its walls, torn down its palaces, and turned it to a heap of rubble.

Isaiah 29:3  "I will be your enemy, surrounding Jerusalem and attacking its walls. I will build siege towers and destroy it." (see all chapter 29)

Jeremiah 32:24  "See how the siege ramps have been built against the city walls! Through war, famine, and disease, the city will be handed over to the Babylonians, who will conquer it. Everything has happened just as you said." (see verses 16-25, also chapter 15)

Ezekiel 21:22  "The omen in his right hand says, 'Jerusalem!' With battering rams his soldiers will go against the gates, shouting for the kill. They will put up siege towers and build ramps against the walls." (see verses 18-27)

Ezekiel 24:2  "Son of man, write down today's date (January 15, see verse 1), because on this very day the king of Babylon is beginning his attack against Jerusalem. (see verses 1-14)

Ezekiel 26:8-9  "First he will destroy your mainland villages. Then he will attack you by building a siege wall, constructing a ramp, and raising a roof of shields against you. He will pound your walls with battering rams and demolish your towers with sledgehammers. (see verses 1-14)

 

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