I like how this verse sounds but read the rest of it....Hab.1:6-11 "For indeed I am raising up the Chaldeans, A bitter and hasty nation Which marches through the breadth of the earth, To possess dwelling places that are not theirs. They are terrible and dreadful; Their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves. Their horses also are swifter than leopards, And more fierce than evening wolves. Their chargers charge ahead; Their cavalry comes from afar; They fly as the eagle that hastens to eat. “They all come for violence; Their faces are set like the east wind. They gather captives like sand. They scoff at kings, And princes are scorned by them. They deride every stronghold, For they heap up earthen mounds and seize it. Then his mind changes, and he transgresses; He commits offense, Ascribing this power to his god.””
‭‭Habakkuk‬ ‭1‬:‭6‬-‭11‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Bravo. You can read scripture. Now for the $64,000 question...Do you think this is a promise or a warning?...God does and always has given free choice. If you live a life pleasing to the Lord and run your race, there are promises. IF YOU CHOOSE to live your life differently, you receive a warning. The prophet outlined a promise. If we are living by faith, the warnings are not applicable. Believe as you choose, the decision is yours alone, but I will not argue scripture quoted by Hank Kunneman. I find he is much wiser and far better schooled in scriptural application than I am.

I am not insulting you, not at all. I read it in context - Habakkuk complains to God of the violence done by the abuse of the leaders among his own people and the hardships those good people had to endure. So God tells him what their punishment was going to be cause they were abusing their power. If I try to apply v. 5 as a promise....it certainly isn't a positive one.