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Chaldeans Used to Punish Judah
The oracle which Habakkuk the prophet saw.
The oracle which Habakkuk the prophet saw.
Habakkuk's Complaint
The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.
The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.
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.
O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt 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 dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.
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.
Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
“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
Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you.
Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you.
“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, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs.
“They are dreaded and feared;
Their justice and authority originate with themselves.
Their justice and authority originate with themselves.
They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of 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 also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.
“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 shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the 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.
And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, 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 shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his 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
Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.
Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.
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?
Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is 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?
And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
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.
They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: 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.
Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.