Habakkuk describes Yahweh destroying the Chaldeans.
## they came like a storm ##
The power and quickness of the Chaldeans as they attacked the people of Israel is compared to the coming of a sudden storm. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
## gloating ##
"bragging"
## devours the poor in a hiding place ##
finds poor people who are hiding from them and kills them and takes all their goods (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
## devours ##
eats everything quickly