Habakkuk 3:14

God turns the enemy's own weapons against them as they storm in to scatter and devour His helpless people. It shows God overturning the schemes of the wicked to rescue the vulnerable.

Cross-references · 18

• Zech 9:14And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the LORD God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.
• Dan 11:40And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
• Ps 118:10–12All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them.
• Exod 11:4–7And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt:
• Exod 14:17–18And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
• Exod 1:10–16Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
• Exod 1:22And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
• Exod 12:12–13For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
• Judg 7:22And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man’s sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath.
• Exod 14:5–9And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?
• Exod 12:29–30And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
• Ps 10:8He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
• Exod 15:9–10The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
• Ps 64:2–7Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
• Ps 78:50–51He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
• Ps 83:2For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
• Acts 4:27–28For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
• Ps 83:8–11Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.

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