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 Historical context

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 Historical context

Exodus 14:17 tells of God hardening Pharaoh's heart to gain glory—the same Red Sea defeat Habakkuk poetically describes.

Exodus 14:18 Historical context

Exodus 14:18 reiterates God's glory through Pharaoh's defeat—the historical event behind Habakkuk's imagery.

Exodus 15:9 Parallel

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 Historical context

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.