1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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Habakkuk 1:10

And their prince shall triumph over kings, and princes shall be his laughingstock: and he shall laugh at every strong hold, and shall cast up a mount, and shall take it.

Prince, or "it," the nation, ver. 10. Hebrew, "They," etc. --- Laughingstock, (ridicule.) Nabuchodonosor raised or deposed princes as in jest. (Haydock) --- Sennacherib's officers were or had been kings, Isaias 10:8. --- Mount. Thus cities were chiefly taken, Ezechiel 4:1. (Calmet)