Cross references

Habakkuk 1:5

“Look at the nations and observe—

be utterly astounded!

For I am doing a work in your days

that you would never believe

even if someone told you.

Habakkuk 1:5 BSB
  1. a LXX Look, you scoffers, wonder and perish!
  2. b Cited in Acts 13:41

Habakkuk 1:5 has 14 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 12 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Acts 13:40–41 (16 votes) and Isaiah 29:14 (9 votes). 17 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from Exodus 7 to Acts 13.

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Which verses does Habakkuk 1:5 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Watch out, then, that what was spoken by the prophets does not happen to you: ‘Look, you scoffers, wonder and perish! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe, even if someone told you.’”

  2. Therefore I will again confound these people with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of the wise will vanish, and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden.”

  3. The kings of the earth did not believe, nor any people of the world, that an enemy or a foe could enter the gates of Jerusalem.

  4. They have lied about the LORD and said: “He will not do anything; harm will not come to us; we will not see sword or famine. The prophets are but wind, for the word is not in them. So let their own predictions befall them.”

  5. Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.

  6. “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish all who are circumcised only in the flesh— Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the inhabitants of the desert who clip the hair of their temples. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.”

  7. Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.”

  8. For many nations and great kings will enslave them, and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands.’” This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it. …

  9. “Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel: ‘The days go by, and every vision fails’? Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will put an end to this proverb, and in Israel they will no longer recite it.’ But say to them: ‘The days are at hand when every vision will be fulfilled. …

  10. You have carried out the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing upon us a great disaster. For under all of heaven, nothing has ever been done like what has been done to Jerusalem.

Which verses point to Habakkuk 1:5?

The 10 strongest of 17.