Parallel Verses
- World English Bible - Afterward,” says Yahweh, “I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, his servants, and the people, even those who are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life. He will strike them with the edge of the sword. He will not spare them, have pity, or have mercy.”’
- 新标点和合本 - 以后我要将犹大王西底家和他的臣仆百姓,就是在城内,从瘟疫、刀剑、饥荒中剩下的人,都交在巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒的手中和他们仇敌,并寻索其命的人手中。巴比伦王必用刀击杀他们,不顾惜,不可怜,不怜悯。这是耶和华说的。’
- 和合本2010(上帝版-简体) - 以后,我要将犹大王西底家和他的臣仆百姓,就是在城内,从瘟疫、刀剑、饥荒中幸存的人,都交在巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒手中,交在仇敌和寻索其命的人手中。巴比伦王必用刀击杀他们,不顾惜,不同情,不怜悯。这是耶和华说的。’
- 和合本2010(神版-简体) - 以后,我要将犹大王西底家和他的臣仆百姓,就是在城内,从瘟疫、刀剑、饥荒中幸存的人,都交在巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒手中,交在仇敌和寻索其命的人手中。巴比伦王必用刀击杀他们,不顾惜,不同情,不怜悯。这是耶和华说的。’
- 当代译本 - 然后,我要把犹大王西底迦及其臣仆以及城中逃过瘟疫、刀剑和饥荒的人都交给巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒,使他们落在寻索其命的仇敌手中。巴比伦王必残酷无情地杀戮他们。这是耶和华说的。’
- 圣经新译本 - 然后,我必把犹大王西底家和他的臣民,就是在这城里经过瘟疫、刀剑之灾和饥荒而幸存的人,都交在巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒和他们的仇敌,以及寻索他们性命的人的手中。尼布甲尼撒要用刀剑击杀他们,绝不顾惜,不留情,不怜悯。’”这是耶和华的宣告。
- 现代标点和合本 - 以后我要将犹大王西底家和他的臣仆百姓,就是在城内从瘟疫、刀剑、饥荒中剩下的人,都交在巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒的手中和他们仇敌并寻索其命的人手中。巴比伦王必用刀击杀他们,不顾惜,不可怜,不怜悯。这是耶和华说的。’”
- 和合本(拼音版) - 以后我要将犹大王西底家和他的臣仆百姓,就是在城内,从瘟疫、刀剑、饥荒中剩下的人,都交在巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒的手中和他们仇敌,并寻索其命的人手中。巴比伦王必用刀击杀他们,不顾惜、不可怜、不怜悯。这是耶和华说的。’
- New International Version - After that, declares the Lord, I will give Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials and the people in this city who survive the plague, sword and famine, into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who want to kill them. He will put them to the sword; he will show them no mercy or pity or compassion.’
- New International Reader's Version - After that, I will hand you over to your enemies. They want to kill you,” announces the Lord. “I will hand over Zedekiah, the king of Judah, and his officials. I will also hand over the people in this city who live through the plague, war and hunger. All of them will be handed over to Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon. He will kill them with swords. He will show them no mercy. He will not feel sorry for them. In fact, he will not have any concern for them at all.” ’
- English Standard Version - Afterward, declares the Lord, I will give Zedekiah king of Judah and his servants and the people in this city who survive the pestilence, sword, and famine into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of their enemies, into the hand of those who seek their lives. He shall strike them down with the edge of the sword. He shall not pity them or spare them or have compassion.’
- New Living Translation - And after all that, says the Lord, I will hand over King Zedekiah, his staff, and everyone else in the city who survives the disease, war, and famine. I will hand them over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and to their other enemies. He will slaughter them and show them no mercy, pity, or compassion.’
- Christian Standard Bible - Afterward — this is the Lord’s declaration — King Zedekiah of Judah, his officers, and the people — those in this city who survive the plague, the sword, and the famine — I will hand over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, to their enemies, yes, to those who intend to take their lives. He will put them to the sword; he won’t spare them or show pity or compassion.’
- New American Standard Bible - Then afterward,” declares the Lord, “I will hand Zedekiah king of Judah, his servants, and the people, that is, those who survive in this city from the plague, the sword, and the famine, over to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, to their enemies, and to those who seek their lives; and he will strike and kill them with the edge of the sword. He will not spare them nor have pity nor compassion.” ’
- New King James Version - And afterward,” says the Lord, “I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, his servants and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence and the sword and the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life; and he shall strike them with the edge of the sword. He shall not spare them, or have pity or mercy.” ’
- Amplified Bible - Then afterward,” says the Lord, “I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah and his servants and the people in this city who survive the virulent disease, the sword, and the famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemy, into the hand of those who seek their lives. And he will strike them with the edge of the sword; he will not spare them nor have mercy and compassion on them.” ’
- American Standard Version - And afterward, saith Jehovah, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, even such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.
- King James Version - And afterward, saith the Lord, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.
- New English Translation - Then I, the Lord, promise that I will hand over King Zedekiah of Judah, his officials, and any of the people who survive the war, starvation, and disease. I will hand them over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and to their enemies who want to kill them. He will slaughter them with the sword. He will not show them any mercy, compassion, or pity.’
- 新標點和合本 - 以後我要將猶大王西底家和他的臣僕百姓,就是在城內,從瘟疫、刀劍、饑荒中剩下的人,都交在巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒的手中和他們仇敵,並尋索其命的人手中。巴比倫王必用刀擊殺他們,不顧惜,不可憐,不憐憫。這是耶和華說的。』
- 和合本2010(上帝版-繁體) - 以後,我要將猶大王西底家和他的臣僕百姓,就是在城內,從瘟疫、刀劍、饑荒中倖存的人,都交在巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒手中,交在仇敵和尋索其命的人手中。巴比倫王必用刀擊殺他們,不顧惜,不同情,不憐憫。這是耶和華說的。』
- 和合本2010(神版-繁體) - 以後,我要將猶大王西底家和他的臣僕百姓,就是在城內,從瘟疫、刀劍、饑荒中倖存的人,都交在巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒手中,交在仇敵和尋索其命的人手中。巴比倫王必用刀擊殺他們,不顧惜,不同情,不憐憫。這是耶和華說的。』
- 當代譯本 - 然後,我要把猶大王西底迦及其臣僕以及城中逃過瘟疫、刀劍和饑荒的人都交給巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒,使他們落在尋索其命的仇敵手中。巴比倫王必殘酷無情地殺戮他們。這是耶和華說的。』
- 聖經新譯本 - 然後,我必把猶大王西底家和他的臣民,就是在這城裡經過瘟疫、刀劍之災和饑荒而倖存的人,都交在巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒和他們的仇敵,以及尋索他們性命的人的手中。尼布甲尼撒要用刀劍擊殺他們,絕不顧惜,不留情,不憐憫。’”這是耶和華的宣告。
- 呂振中譯本 - 然後我要將 猶大 王 西底家 ,永恆主發神諭說,跟他的臣僕和平民,就是在這城內、從瘟疫、刀劍和饑荒中所剩下來的人、都交在 巴比倫 王 尼布甲尼撒 手中,和他們的仇敵手中,以及那些尋索他們性命的人手中, 巴比倫 王必用刀肆意擊殺他們,並不顧惜,不可憐,不憐憫。」
- 現代標點和合本 - 以後我要將猶大王西底家和他的臣僕百姓,就是在城內從瘟疫、刀劍、饑荒中剩下的人,都交在巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒的手中和他們仇敵並尋索其命的人手中。巴比倫王必用刀擊殺他們,不顧惜,不可憐,不憐憫。這是耶和華說的。』」
- 文理和合譯本 - 耶和華曰、厥後、我必以猶大王西底家、暨其臣僕庶民、凡在邑中、疫癘鋒刃饑饉之餘、悉付於巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒、與其諸敵、及索其命者之手、巴比倫王必擊之以刃、不惜之、不憐之、不加矜憫、○
- 文理委辦譯本 - 耶和華曰、嗣後猶大王西底家、與邑中所遺之臣民、不戮於鋒刃、斃於瘟疫、死於饑饉者、我必付之於敵人、巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒之手、俾以鋒刃殺戮、不加矜恤。
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 主曰、斯後我必以 猶大 王 西底家 、與其諸臣眾軍、及在斯邑中、遭瘟疫鋒刃饑饉、所遺之人、悉付於 巴比倫 王 尼布甲尼撒 之手、其敵之手、索其命者之手、 巴比倫 王必擊之以刃、不惜之、不憐憫、不矜恤、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - Después de eso entregaré a Sedequías, rey de Judá, y a sus oficiales y a la gente que haya quedado con vida después de la peste, la espada y el hambre —afirma el Señor—. Los entregaré en manos de Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, y de los enemigos que buscan matarlos. Sin ninguna piedad, clemencia ni compasión, Nabucodonosor los herirá a filo de espada”.
- 현대인의 성경 - 그 후에 내가 시드기야왕과 그 신하들과 그리고 이 성에서 전염병과 전쟁과 기근 중에서도 살아 남은 사람들을 바빌로니아의 느부갓네살왕과 그들의 생명을 노리는 원수들의 손에 넘겨 주겠다. 느부갓네살왕은 그들을 조금이라도 동정하거나 불쌍히 여기지 않고 무자비하게 마구 쳐서 죽일 것이다.’ ”
- Новый Русский Перевод - После этого, – возвещает Господь, – Я отдам Цедекию, царя Иудеи, его приближенных и народ, который останется в этом городе после мора, меча и голода, Навуходоносору, царю Вавилона, и их врагам, желающим их смерти. Он предаст их мечу, не помилует их, не пощадит и не пожалеет».
- Восточный перевод - После этого, – возвещает Вечный, – Я отдам Цедекию, царя Иудеи, его приближённых и народ, который останется в этом городе после мора, меча и голода, Навуходоносору, царю Вавилона, и их врагам, желающим их смерти. Он предаст их мечу, не помилует их, не пощадит и не пожалеет».
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - После этого, – возвещает Вечный, – Я отдам Цедекию, царя Иудеи, его приближённых и народ, который останется в этом городе после мора, меча и голода, Навуходоносору, царю Вавилона, и их врагам, желающим их смерти. Он предаст их мечу, не помилует их, не пощадит и не пожалеет».
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - После этого, – возвещает Вечный, – Я отдам Цедекию, царя Иудеи, его приближённых и народ, который останется в этом городе после мора, меча и голода, Навуходоносору, царю Вавилона, и их врагам, желающим их смерти. Он предаст их мечу, не помилует их, не пощадит и не пожалеет».
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Après cela – l’Eternel le déclare – je livrerai Sédécias, roi de Juda, ses fonctionnaires et la population de cette ville qui aura survécu à la peste, à l’épée et à la famine, je les livrerai à Nabuchodonosor, roi de Babylone, à leurs ennemis et à ceux qui en veulent à leur vie. Nabuchodonosor les fera massacrer par l’épée ; il ne les épargnera pas, il sera sans pitié pour eux et n’aura aucune compassion.
- リビングバイブル - ゼデキヤ王も町に残っている者も、バビロンのネブカデネザル王の手に渡す。彼らは少しもあわれみをかけられることがなく、家畜のように殺される。
- Nova Versão Internacional - Depois disso’, declara o Senhor, ‘entregarei Zedequias, rei de Judá, seus conselheiros e o povo desta cidade que sobreviver à peste, à espada e à fome nas mãos de Nabucodonosor, rei da Babilônia, nas mãos dos inimigos deles e daqueles que querem tirar-lhes a vida. Ele os matará à espada sem piedade nem misericórdia; não terá deles nenhuma compaixão’.
- Hoffnung für alle - König Zedekia von Juda werde ich in die Gewalt des babylonischen Königs Nebukadnezar geben, zusammen mit seinen obersten Beamten und den Einwohnern der Stadt, die von Seuchen, Hunger und dem Schwert der Feinde verschont geblieben sind. Ihren Todfeinden werden sie in die Hände fallen. Nebukadnezar wird sie allesamt hinrichten lassen, ohne Gnade und Erbarmen. Darauf gebe ich, der Herr, mein Wort.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Sau cùng, Chúa Hằng Hữu phán, Ta sẽ nộp Vua Sê-đê-kia, thuộc hạ, và mọi người còn sống sót trong thành này là những người đã tránh khỏi dịch lệ, gươm giáo, và đói kém. Ta sẽ giao vào tay Vua Nê-bu-cát-nết-sa, nước Ba-by-lôn, và những kẻ thù khác của chúng. Vua ấy sẽ thẳng tay tàn sát, không chút nhân từ, thương xót, và khoan dung.’
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - หลังจากนั้นองค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าประกาศว่าเราจะมอบกษัตริย์เศเดคียาห์แห่งยูดาห์ ข้าราชการและชาวกรุงนี้ที่รอดจากโรคระบาด สงคราม และการกันดารอาหารไว้ในมือกษัตริย์เนบูคัดเนสซาร์แห่งบาบิโลนและในมือศัตรูซึ่งหมายเอาชีวิตของพวกเขา เนบูคัดเนสซาร์จะเข่นฆ่าเขาด้วยดาบ ไม่ยอมเมตตาเอ็นดูหรือสงสารเลย’
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - พระผู้เป็นเจ้าประกาศว่า หลังจากนั้น เราจะมอบเศเดคียาห์กษัตริย์แห่งยูดาห์ รวมทั้งบรรดาผู้รับใช้และประชาชนของเมืองนี้ ที่รอดจากโรคระบาด การสู้รบ และการอดอยาก ไว้ในมือของเนบูคัดเนสซาร์กษัตริย์แห่งบาบิโลน และในมือของศัตรูของพวกเขา และในมือของบรรดาผู้ที่ต้องการจะฆ่าพวกเขา เนบูคัดเนสซาร์จะฆ่าพวกเขาด้วยคมดาบ เขาจะไม่มีเมตตาหรือไว้ชีวิตพวกเขา หรือแม้แต่ความสงสาร’
Cross Reference
- Ezekiel 9:5 - To the others he said in my hearing, “Go through the city after him, and strike. Don’t let your eye spare, neither have pity.
- Ezekiel 9:6 - Kill utterly the old man, the young man, the virgin, little children and women; but don’t come near any man on whom is the mark. Begin at my sanctuary.” Then they began at the old men who were before the house.
- Ezekiel 9:10 - As for me also, my eye won’t spare, neither will I have pity, but I will bring their way on their head.”
- Jeremiah 52:24 - The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold:
- Jeremiah 52:25 - and out of the city he took an officer who was set over the men of war; and seven men of those who saw the king’s face, who were found in the city; and the scribe of the captain of the army, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the middle of the city.
- Jeremiah 52:26 - Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
- Jeremiah 52:27 - The king of Babylon struck them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.
- Isaiah 27:11 - When its boughs are withered, they will be broken off. The women will come and set them on fire, for they are a people of no understanding. Therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them, and he who formed them will show them no favor.
- Ezekiel 8:18 - Therefore I will also deal in wrath. My eye won’t spare, neither will I have pity. Though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, yet I will not hear them.”
- 2 Chronicles 36:17 - Therefore he brought on them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or gray-headed. He gave them all into his hand.
- 2 Chronicles 36:18 - All the vessels of God’s house, great and small, and the treasures of Yahweh’s house, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes, all these he brought to Babylon.
- 2 Chronicles 36:19 - They burned God’s house, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all of its valuable vessels.
- 2 Chronicles 36:20 - He carried those who had escaped from the sword away to Babylon, and they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia,
- Ezekiel 12:12 - “‘The prince who is among them will bear on his shoulder in the dark, and will go out. They will dig through the wall to carry things out that way. He will cover his face, because he will not see the land with his eyes.
- Ezekiel 12:13 - I will also spread my net on him, and he will be taken in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, though he will die there.
- Ezekiel 12:14 - I will scatter toward every wind all who are around him to help him, and all his bands. I will draw out the sword after them.
- Ezekiel 12:15 - “‘They will know that I am Yahweh when I disperse them among the nations, and scatter them through the countries.
- Ezekiel 12:16 - But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence, that they may declare all their abominations among the nations where they come. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.’”
- Isaiah 47:6 - I was angry with my people. I profaned my inheritance and gave them into your hand. You showed them no mercy. You laid a very heavy yoke on the aged.
- Jeremiah 39:4 - When Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, then they fled, and went out of the city by night, by the way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls; and he went out toward the Arabah.
- Jeremiah 39:5 - But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. When they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; and he pronounced judgment on him.
- Jeremiah 39:6 - Then the king of Babylon killed Zedekiah’s sons in Riblah before his eyes. The king of Babylon also killed all the nobles of Judah.
- Jeremiah 39:7 - Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
- Isaiah 13:17 - Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who will not value silver, and as for gold, they will not delight in it.
- Isaiah 13:18 - Their bows will dash the young men in pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb. Their eyes will not spare children.
- Jeremiah 38:21 - But if you refuse to go out, this is the word that Yahweh has shown me:
- Jeremiah 38:22 - ‘Behold, all the women who are left in the king of Judah’s house will be brought out to the king of Babylon’s princes, and those women will say, “Your familiar friends have turned on you, and have prevailed over you. Your feet are sunk in the mire, they have turned away from you.”
- Jeremiah 38:23 - They will bring out all your wives and your children to the Chaldeans. You won’t escape out of their hand, but will be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon. You will cause this city to be burned with fire.’”
- Jeremiah 24:8 - “‘As the bad figs, which can’t be eaten, they are so bad,’ surely Yahweh says, ‘So I will give up Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the remnant of Jerusalem, who remain in this land, and those who dwell in the land of Egypt.
- Jeremiah 24:9 - I will even give them up to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth for evil; to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I will drive them.
- Jeremiah 24:10 - I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, until they are consumed from off the land that I gave to them and to their fathers.’”
- Ezekiel 21:25 - “‘You, deadly wounded wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day has come, in the time of the iniquity of the end,
- Ezekiel 21:26 - the Lord Yahweh says: “Remove the turban, and take off the crown. This will not be as it was. Exalt that which is low, and humble that which is high.
- Jeremiah 34:19 - the princes of Judah, the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, the priests, and all the people of the land, who passed between the parts of the calf;
- Jeremiah 34:20 - I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life. Their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the sky and for the animals of the earth.
- Jeremiah 34:21 - “I will give Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes into the hands of their enemies, into the hands of those who seek their life and into the hands of the king of Babylon’s army, who has gone away from you.
- Jeremiah 34:22 - Behold, I will command,” says Yahweh, “and cause them to return to this city. They will fight against it, take it, and burn it with fire. I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”
- 2 Kings 25:18 - The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold;
- 2 Kings 25:19 - and out of the city he took an officer who was set over the men of war; and five men of those who saw the king’s face, who were found in the city; and the scribe, the captain of the army, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the city.
- 2 Kings 25:20 - Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
- 2 Kings 25:21 - The king of Babylon attacked them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.
- Jeremiah 13:14 - I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together,” says Yahweh: “I will not pity, spare, or have compassion, that I should not destroy them.”’”
- Deuteronomy 28:50 - a nation of fierce facial expressions, that doesn’t respect the elderly, nor show favor to the young.
- Jeremiah 52:8 - but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.
- Jeremiah 52:9 - Then they took the king, and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; and he pronounced judgment on him.
- Jeremiah 52:10 - The king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. He also killed all the princes of Judah in Riblah.
- Jeremiah 52:11 - He put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison until the day of his death.
- Ezekiel 17:20 - I will spread my net on him, and he will be taken in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon, and will enter into judgment with him there for his trespass that he has trespassed against me.
- Ezekiel 17:21 - All his fugitives in all his bands will fall by the sword, and those who remain will be scattered toward every wind. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, have spoken it.’
- Ezekiel 7:9 - My eye won’t spare, neither will I have pity. I will punish you according to your ways. Your abominations will be among you. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, strike.
- 2 Kings 25:5 - But the Chaldean army pursued the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.
- 2 Kings 25:6 - Then they captured the king, and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they passed judgment on him.
- 2 Kings 25:7 - They killed Zedekiah’s sons before his eyes, then put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
- Habakkuk 1:6 - For, behold, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, that march through the width of the earth, to possess dwelling places that are not theirs.
- Habakkuk 1:7 - They are feared and dreaded. Their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.
- Habakkuk 1:8 - Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves. Their horsemen press proudly on. Yes, their horsemen come from afar. They fly as an eagle that hurries to devour.
- Habakkuk 1:9 - All of them come for violence. Their hordes face the desert. He gathers prisoners like sand.
- Habakkuk 1:10 - Yes, he scoffs at kings, and princes are a derision to him. He laughs at every stronghold, for he builds up an earthen ramp, and takes it.
- Jeremiah 37:17 - then Zedekiah the king sent, and had him brought out. The king asked him secretly in his house, “Is there any word from Yahweh?” Jeremiah said, “There is.” He also said, “You will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.”