Habakkuk 1:10
They scoff at kings and make rulers an object of scorn. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to seize it.
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scoff.

2 Kings 24:12
Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of Jehoiachin's reign, the king of Babylon took him captive.

2 Kings 25:6, 7
The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment on him. . . .

2 Chronicles 36:6, 10
Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jehoiakim and bound him in bronze shackles to take him to Babylon. . . .

they shall deride.

Isaiah 14:16
Those who see you will stare; they will ponder your fate: "Is this the man who shook the earth and made the kingdoms tremble,

Jeremiah 32:24
See how the siege ramps are mounted against the city to capture it. And by sword, famine, and plague, the city has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What You have spoken has happened, as You now see!

Jeremiah 33:4
For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the houses of this city and the palaces of the kings of Judah that have been torn down for defense against the siege ramps and the sword:

Jeremiah 52:4-7
So in the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it. . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"They mock at kings And rulers are a laughing matter to them. They laugh at every fortress And heap up rubble to capture it.

King James Bible
And 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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They mock kings, and rulers are a joke to them. They laugh at every fortress and build siege ramps to capture it.

International Standard Version
They make fun of kings, deriding those who rule. They laugh at all of the fortified places, constructing ramps to seize them.

NET Bible
They mock kings and laugh at rulers. They laugh at every fortified city; they build siege ramps and capture them.
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