Passage

An attack like a storm

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

¹⁴You pierced the heads of his warriors with their own spears. They came as a whirlwind to scatter me, gloating as if to devour the wretched in secret.

Habakkuk 3:14World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

Habakkuk describes attackers rushing like a storm and boasting about devouring the poor in secret.

To understand

The surrounding prayer addresses God as one who goes out to save his people. Here the attackers’ own spears pierce their warriors’ heads. The next verse describes God trampling the sea with horses.

A question

What does the mention of the poor add to this description of the attackers?