The Chaldeans Raised against Judah
Habakkuk is told that God is raising the fierce Chaldean power as judgment during the prophet’s generation.
Habakkuk 1:5–11
5¶ Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for [I] will work a work in your days, [which] ye will not believe, though it be told [you].
6For, 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.
7They [are] terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.
8Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle [that] hasteth to eat.
9They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up [as] the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.
10And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.
11Then shall [his] mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, [imputing] this his power unto his god.
The prophetic word and its fulfillment
Sources & further reading
Historical facts and interpretive background are kept as structured citations so links can be checked and maintained over time.
4Q Minor Prophets
Israel Antiquities AuthorityInstitutional manuscript resource supporting the ancient transmission context of the biblical book; it does not by itself prove the proposed fulfillment.
Babylonian Chronicle for 605–594 BC
British MuseumThis cuneiform chronicle records Nebuchadnezzar’s 597 BC campaign against Jerusalem.
The sources establish the historical record and provide background on the biblical passage. The conclusion that these events fulfill prophecy is the stated interpretation of Watchman 33.