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Habakkuk 1:10

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Yes, they scoff at kings, and princes are a derision to them. They laugh at every stronghold, for they build up an earthen ramp and take it.

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Verse 10. Prince, or “it,” the nation. verse 10. Hebrew “They,” and so forth—Laughingstock, (ridicule.) Nabuchodonosor raised or deposed princes as in jest. Bible.—Sennacherib’s officers were or had been kings. Isaiah 10:8.—Mount. Thus cities were chiefly taken. Ezekiel 4:1. Calmet.

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