Habakkuk 1:10 - Exposition

And they shall scoff, etc.; it , or he, scoffeth at kings. The Chaldean nation makes light of the power and persons of kings. Compare Nebuchadnezzar's treatment of Jehoiakim ( 2 Chronicles 36:6 ; 2 Kings 24:1 , 2 Kings 24:3 ; Jeremiah 22:19 ) and Jehoiachin ( 2 Kings 24:12 , 2 Kings 24:15 ). They shall deride every strong hold. The strongest fortress is no impediment to them. They shall heap dust. This refers to the raising of a mound or embankment for the purpose of attacking a city. In the Assyrian monuments one often sees representations of these mounds, or of inclined planes constructed to facilitate the approach of the battering ram.