499 B
499 B
Habakkuk describes Yahweh destroying the Chaldeans.
they came like a storm
The power and quickness of the Chaldeans as they attacked the people of Israel is compared to the coming of a sudden storm. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)
gloating
"bragging"
devours the poor in a hiding place
finds poor people who are hiding from them and kills them and takes all their goods (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
devours
eats everything quickly