Habakkuk 1:10 meaning and explanation

They scoff at kings and make rulers an object of scorn. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to seize it.

Habakkuk 1:10, Berean Standard Bible

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God has just told Habakkuk that He is raising up the Chaldeans, the Babylonians, as instruments of judgment (verses 5 to 6). Verse 10 describes how unstoppable they seemed: they mocked kings and rulers, and no fortress, however strong, could stop them.

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