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\nutterly amazed.
\nFor I am going to do something in your
\ndays that you would not believe, even if
\nyou were told.<\/p>\n
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Habakkuk 1:5-11<\/p>\n
\u201cLook at the nations and watch \u2014 and be\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\nutterly amazed.
\nFor I am going to do something in your
\ndays that you would not believe, even if
\nyou were told.<\/p>\n
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I am raising up the Babylonians,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/50.87.249.183\/~fraglenc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wind-316843-warrior-armor-sword-helmet-cape-storm-wind-fantasy_art-736x459-1-300x187.jpg\")
\nthat ruthless and impetuous people,
\nwho sweep across the whole earth to seize
\ndwelling places\u00a0not their own.
\nThey are a feared and dreaded people;
\nthey are a law to themselves and promote their own honor.<\/p>\n
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Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves at dusk.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/50.87.249.183\/~fraglenc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Horses-Black-wild-horses-8-2-300x188.jpg\")
\nTheir cavalry gallops headlong; \u00a0their horsemen come from\u00a0afar.
\nThey fly like a vulture swooping to devour;
\nthey all come bent on violence.
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Their hordes advance like a desert wind and
\ngather prisoners like sand. They deride kings and scoff at rulers.
\nThey laugh at all fortified cities;
\nthey build earthen ramps and
\ncapture them.
\nThen they sweep past like the wind and go on \u2014
\nguilty men, whose own strength is
\ntheir god.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Isaiah 5:25-30a
\nHe lifts up a banner for the distant nations,
\nhe whistles for those at the ends of
\nthe earth.
\nHere they come,
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swiftly and speedily!
\nNot one of them grows tired or
\nstumbles,
\nnot one slumbers or sleeps;
\nnot a belt is loosened at the waist,
\nnot a sandal\u00a0thong is broken.
\nTheir arrows are sharp,
\nall their bows are strung;
\ntheir horses\u2019 hooves seem like flint,
\ntheir chariot wheels like a
\nwhirlwind.
\nTheir roar is like that of the lion,
\nthey roar like young lions;
\nthey growl as they seize their prey
\nand carry it off with no one to
\nrescue.<\/p>\n
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In that day they will roar over it
\nlike the roaring of the sea.<\/p>\n
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Habakkuk 1:5-11 \u201cLook at the nations and watch \u2014 and be\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told. I am raising up the Babylonians,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 that ruthless and impetuous people, who sweep across the whole earth… <\/p>\n