Habakkuk 3:14
Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.
Cross-reference
Exodus 14:5-9 describes Pharaoh's army pursuing Israel like a whirlwind — the same enemy pursuit that God turns back in Habakkuk.
Exodus 14:17 tells of God hardening Pharaoh's heart to gain glory—the same Red Sea defeat Habakkuk poetically describes.
Exodus 14:18 reiterates God's glory through Pharaoh's defeat—the historical event behind Habakkuk's imagery.
Exodus 15:9 records the enemy's boast to pursue, overtake, and devour — mirroring the 'rejoicing as if to devour the poor' in Habakkuk.
Psalm 83:9-11 recalls God defeating Midianite princes (Oreb, Zeeb) whose heads were cut off — directly echoing the pierced heads of warriors in Habakkuk.
Zechariah 7:14 uses the same 'whirlwind' and 'scatter' imagery but from God's perspective, reinforcing the motif of divine judgment.
Zechariah 9:14 depicts the LORD coming with whirlwind — similar storm imagery but from God's side, contrasting the enemy's whirlwind in Habakkuk.
Exodus 15:10 shows God sinking the enemy with a breath — another divine intervention against the same pursuing foe, though by drowning rather than piercing.
Zechariah 1:19 also uses 'scatter' imagery for enemies scattering God's people, echoing the same verb found here.