Habakkuk 1:6
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Habakkuk 1:6 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Habakkuk 1:6 is a verse from the book of Habakkuk in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to p..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Habakkuk 1:6 — KJV
“For, 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 theirs. breadth: Heb. breadths”
— Habakkuk 1:6 (KJV)
Habakkuk 1:6 in Context — About the Book of Habakkuk
Habakkuk dares to interrogate God — why do the wicked prosper while you stay silent? God answers with a vision worth waiting for and the line that ignited the Reformation: the righteous shall live by faith. The book ends in one of Scripture's boldest declarations of joy despite empty barns.
Cross-References for Habakkuk 1:6
“Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession. no...: Heb. even to the treading of the sole of the foot”
Shares key themes with Habakkuk 1:6: breadth, land, possess
“When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land; succeedest...: Heb. inheritest, or, possessest them”
Shares key themes with Habakkuk 1:6: nation, land, possess
“When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses; succeedest: Heb. inheritest, or, possessest”
Shares key themes with Habakkuk 1:6: nation, land, possess
“Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness. by: Heb. by the hand of from...: Heb. from mouth to mouth”
Shares key themes with Habakkuk 1:6: nation, land, possess
“And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel. stretching...: Heb. fulness of the breadth of thy land shall be the stretchings out of his wings”
Shares key themes with Habakkuk 1:6: through, breadth, land
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