Habakkuk 1:5-7

New International Reader's Version

“Look at the nations. Watch them.
    Be totally amazed at what you see.
I am going to do something in your days
    that you would never believe.
You would not believe it
    even if someone told you about it.
⁶ I am going to send the armies of Babylon to attack you.
    They are very mean. They move quickly.
They sweep across the whole earth.
    They take over homes
    that do not belong to them.
⁷ They terrify others.
    They do not recognize any laws but their own.
    That is how proud they are.