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Habakkuk 1:11

Then they sweep by like the wind and pass on through. They are guilty; their own strength is their god.”

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ASV

Then shall he sweep by as a wind, and shall pass over, and be guilty, even he whose might is his god.

KJV

Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god.

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8 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אָ֣ז'azthenH227 →
חָלַ֥ףcha.Lafit swept onH2498 →
ר֛וּחַRu.acha windH7307 →
וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֖רvai.ya.'a.Vorand it passed onH5674 →
וְאָשֵׁ֑םve.'a.Shemand he is guiltyH816 →
ז֥וּzu[the one] whoH2098 →
כֹח֖וֹkho.Chostrength hisH3581 →
לֵאלֹהֽוֹ׃le.lo.Ho[becomes] <into> god hisH433 →

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Habakkuk 1:16Therefore he sacrifices to his dragnet and burns incense to his fishing net, for by these things his portion is sumptuous and his food is rich.Daniel 5:20But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him.Jeremiah 4:11–12At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A searing wind from the barren heights in the desert blows toward the daughter of My people, but not to winnow or to sift;Daniel 5:3–4Thus they brought in the gold vessels that had been taken from the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king drank from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.Daniel 4:30–34the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”1 Samuel 5:2carried it into the temple of Dagon, and set it beside his statue.2 Chronicles 28:23Since Damascus had defeated him, he sacrificed to their gods and said, “Because the gods of the kings of Aram have helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me.” But these gods were the downfall of Ahaz and of all Israel.Ezekiel 31:12Foreigners, the most ruthless of the nations, cut it down and left it. Its branches have fallen on the mountains and in every valley; its boughs lay broken in all the earth’s ravines. And all the peoples of the earth left its shade and abandoned it.

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