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Chaldeans Used to Punish Judah
The oracle which Habakkuk the prophet saw.
The oracle which Habakkuk the prophet saw.
The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet saw.
How long, O LORD, will I call for help,
And You will not hear?
I cry out to You, “Violence!”
Yet You do not save.
And You will not hear?
I cry out to You, “Violence!”
Yet You do not save.
Habakkuk’s Complaint
O Lord, how long shall I cry for help,
and you will not hear?
Or cry to you “Violence!”
and you will not save?
O Lord, how long shall I cry for help,
and you will not hear?
Or cry to you “Violence!”
and you will not save?
Why do You make me see iniquity,
And cause me to look on wickedness?
Yes, destruction and violence are before me;
Strife exists and contention arises.
And cause me to look on wickedness?
Yes, destruction and violence are before me;
Strife exists and contention arises.
Why do you make me see iniquity,
and why do you idly look at wrong?
Destruction and violence are before me;
strife and contention arise.
and why do you idly look at wrong?
Destruction and violence are before me;
strife and contention arise.
Therefore the law is ignored
And justice is never upheld.
For the wicked surround the righteous;
Therefore justice comes out perverted.
And justice is never upheld.
For the wicked surround the righteous;
Therefore justice comes out perverted.
So the law is paralyzed,
and justice never goes forth.
For the wicked surround the righteous;
so justice goes forth perverted.
and justice never goes forth.
For the wicked surround the righteous;
so justice goes forth perverted.
“Look among the nations! Observe!
Be astonished! Wonder!
Because I am doing something in your days —
You would not believe if you were told.
Be astonished! Wonder!
Because I am doing something in your days —
You would not believe if you were told.
The Lord’s Answer
“Look among the nations, and see;
wonder and be astounded.
For I am doing a work in your days
that you would not believe if told.
“Look among the nations, and see;
wonder and be astounded.
For I am doing a work in your days
that you would not believe if told.
“For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans,
That fierce and impetuous people
Who march throughout the earth
To seize dwelling places which are not theirs.
That fierce and impetuous people
Who march throughout the earth
To seize dwelling places which are not theirs.
For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans,
that bitter and hasty nation,
who march through the breadth of the earth,
to seize dwellings not their own.
that bitter and hasty nation,
who march through the breadth of the earth,
to seize dwellings not their own.
“They are dreaded and feared;
Their justice and authority originate with themselves.
Their justice and authority originate with themselves.
They are dreaded and fearsome;
their justice and dignity go forth from themselves.
their justice and dignity go forth from themselves.
“Their horses are swifter than leopards
And keener than wolves in the evening.
Their horsemen come galloping,
Their horsemen come from afar;
They fly like an eagle swooping down to devour.
And keener than wolves in the evening.
Their horsemen come galloping,
Their horsemen come from afar;
They fly like an eagle swooping down to devour.
Their horses are swifter than leopards,
more fierce than the evening wolves;
their horsemen press proudly on.
Their horsemen come from afar;
they fly like an eagle swift to devour.
more fierce than the evening wolves;
their horsemen press proudly on.
Their horsemen come from afar;
they fly like an eagle swift to devour.
“All of them come for violence.
Their horde of faces moves forward.
They collect captives like sand.
Their horde of faces moves forward.
They collect captives like sand.
They all come for violence,
all their faces forward.
They gather captives like sand.
all their faces forward.
They gather captives like sand.
“They mock at kings
And rulers are a laughing matter to them.
They laugh at every fortress
And heap up rubble to capture it.
And rulers are a laughing matter to them.
They laugh at every fortress
And heap up rubble to capture it.
At kings they scoff,
and at rulers they laugh.
They laugh at every fortress,
for they pile up earth and take it.
and at rulers they laugh.
They laugh at every fortress,
for they pile up earth and take it.
“Then they will sweep through like the wind and pass on.
But they will be held guilty,
They whose strength is their god.”
But they will be held guilty,
They whose strength is their god.”
Then they sweep by like the wind and go on,
guilty men, whose own might is their god!”
guilty men, whose own might is their god!”
Are You not from everlasting,
O LORD, my God, my Holy One?
We will not die.
You, O LORD, have appointed them to judge;
And You, O Rock, have established them to correct.
O LORD, my God, my Holy One?
We will not die.
You, O LORD, have appointed them to judge;
And You, O Rock, have established them to correct.
Habakkuk’s Second Complaint
Are you not from everlasting,
O Lord my God, my Holy One?
We shall not die.
O Lord, you have ordained them as a judgment,
and you, O Rock, have established them for reproof.
Are you not from everlasting,
O Lord my God, my Holy One?
We shall not die.
O Lord, you have ordained them as a judgment,
and you, O Rock, have established them for reproof.
Your eyes are too pure to approve evil,
And You can not look on wickedness with favor.
Why do You look with favor
On those who deal treacherously?
Why are You silent when the wicked swallow up
Those more righteous than they?
And You can not look on wickedness with favor.
Why do You look with favor
On those who deal treacherously?
Why are You silent when the wicked swallow up
Those more righteous than they?
You who are of purer eyes than to see evil
and cannot look at wrong,
why do you idly look at traitors
and remain silent when the wicked swallows up
the man more righteous than he?
and cannot look at wrong,
why do you idly look at traitors
and remain silent when the wicked swallows up
the man more righteous than he?
Why have You made men like the fish of the sea,
Like creeping things without a ruler over them?
Like creeping things without a ruler over them?
You make mankind like the fish of the sea,
like crawling things that have no ruler.
like crawling things that have no ruler.
The Chaldeans bring all of them up with a hook,
Drag them away with their net,
And gather them together in their fishing net.
Therefore they rejoice and are glad.
Drag them away with their net,
And gather them together in their fishing net.
Therefore they rejoice and are glad.
Therefore they offer a sacrifice to their net
And burn incense to their fishing net;
Because through these things their catch is large,
And their food is plentiful.
And burn incense to their fishing net;
Because through these things their catch is large,
And their food is plentiful.