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The prophecy that Habakkuk the prophet received.
Chaldeans Used to Punish Judah
The oracle which Habakkuk the prophet saw.
The oracle which Habakkuk the prophet saw.
Habakkuk’s Complaint
How long, Lord, must I call for help,
but you do not listen?
Or cry out to you, “Violence!”
but you do not save?
How long, Lord, must I call for help,
but you do not listen?
Or cry out to you, “Violence!”
but you do not save?
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.
Why do you make me look at injustice?
Why do you tolerate wrongdoing?
Destruction and violence are before me;
there is strife, and conflict abounds.
Why do you tolerate wrongdoing?
Destruction and violence are before me;
there is strife, and conflict abounds.
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.
Therefore the law is paralyzed,
and justice never prevails.
The wicked hem in the righteous,
so that justice is perverted.
and justice never prevails.
The wicked hem in the righteous,
so that justice is perverted.
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.
The Lord’s Answer
“Look at the nations and watch —
and be utterly amazed.
For I am going to do something in your days
that you would not believe,
even if you were told.
“Look at the nations and watch —
and be utterly amazed.
For I am going to do something in your days
that you would not believe,
even if you were told.
“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.
“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.
They are a feared and dreaded people;
they are a law to themselves
and promote their own honor.
they are a law to themselves
and promote their own honor.
“They are dreaded and feared;
Their justice and authority originate with themselves.
Their justice and authority originate with themselves.
Their horses are swifter than leopards,
fiercer than wolves at dusk.
Their cavalry gallops headlong;
their horsemen come from afar.
They fly like an eagle swooping to devour;
fiercer than wolves at dusk.
Their cavalry gallops headlong;
their horsemen come from afar.
They fly like an eagle swooping to devour;
“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.
“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 mock kings
and scoff at rulers.
They laugh at all fortified cities;
by building earthen ramps they capture them.
and scoff at rulers.
They laugh at all fortified cities;
by building earthen ramps they capture them.
“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.
Then they sweep past like the wind and go on —
guilty people, whose own strength is their god.”
guilty people, whose own strength is their god.”
“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.”
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.
Your eyes are too pure to look on evil;
you cannot tolerate wrongdoing.
Why then do you tolerate the treacherous?
Why are you silent while the wicked
swallow up those more righteous than themselves?
you cannot tolerate wrongdoing.
Why then do you tolerate the treacherous?
Why are you silent while the wicked
swallow up those more righteous than themselves?
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 have made people like the fish in the sea,
like the sea creatures that have no ruler.
like the sea creatures that have no ruler.
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?
The wicked foe pulls all of them up with hooks,
he catches them in his net,
he gathers them up in his dragnet;
and so he rejoices and is glad.
he catches them in his net,
he gathers them up in his dragnet;
and so he rejoices and is glad.
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 he sacrifices to his net
and burns incense to his dragnet,
for by his net he lives in luxury
and enjoys the choicest food.
and burns incense to his dragnet,
for by his net he lives in luxury
and enjoys the choicest food.
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.