Habakkuk 1
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Verse 1
The prophecy that Habakkuk the prophet received.
Habakkuk’s Complaint
The prophecy that Habakkuk the prophet received.
Habakkuk’s complaint
Verse 2
How long, Lord, must I call for help,
but you do not listen?
Or cry out to you, “Violence!”
but you do not save?
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?
but you do not listen?
Or cry out to you, ‘Violence!’
but you do not save?
Verse 3
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 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.
Verse 4
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.
The Lord’s Answer
Therefore the law is paralysed,
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.
The Lord’s answer
Verse 5
“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.
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.
and be utterly amazed.
For I am going to do something in your days
that you would not believe,
even if you were told.
Verse 6
I am raising up the Babylonians,[a]
that ruthless and impetuous people,
who sweep across the whole earth
to seize dwellings not their own.
that ruthless and impetuous people,
who sweep across the whole earth
to seize dwellings not their own.
I am raising up the Babylonians,[a]
that ruthless and impetuous people,
who sweep across the whole earth
to seize dwellings not their own.
that ruthless and impetuous people,
who sweep across the whole earth
to seize dwellings not their own.
Verse 7
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 a feared and dreaded people;
they are a law to themselves
and promote their own honour.
they are a law to themselves
and promote their own honour.
Verse 8
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,
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;
Verse 9
they all come intent on violence.
Their hordes[b] advance like a desert wind
and gather prisoners like sand.
Their hordes[b] advance like a desert wind
and gather prisoners like sand.
they all come intent on violence.
Their hordes[b] advance like a desert wind
and gather prisoners like sand.
Their hordes[b] advance like a desert wind
and gather prisoners like sand.
Verse 10
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 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.
Verse 11
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.”
Habakkuk’s Second Complaint
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.’
Habakkuk’s second complaint
Verse 12
Lord, are you not from everlasting?
My God, my Holy One, you[c] will never die.
You, Lord, have appointed them to execute judgment;
you, my Rock, have ordained them to punish.
My God, my Holy One, you[c] will never die.
You, Lord, have appointed them to execute judgment;
you, my Rock, have ordained them to punish.
Lord, are you not from everlasting?
My God, my Holy One, you[c] will never die.
You, Lord, have appointed them to execute judgment;
you, my Rock, have ordained them to punish.
My God, my Holy One, you[c] will never die.
You, Lord, have appointed them to execute judgment;
you, my Rock, have ordained them to punish.
Verse 13
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 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?
Verse 14
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.
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.
Verse 15
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 wicked foe pulls all of them up with hooks,
he catches them in his net,
he gathers them up in his drag-net;
and so he rejoices and is glad.
he catches them in his net,
he gathers them up in his drag-net;
and so he rejoices and is glad.
Verse 16
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 he sacrifices to his net
and burns incense to his drag-net,
for by his net he lives in luxury
and enjoys the choicest food.
and burns incense to his drag-net,
for by his net he lives in luxury
and enjoys the choicest food.
Verse 17
Is he to keep on emptying his net,
destroying nations without mercy?
destroying nations without mercy?
Is he to keep on emptying his net,
destroying nations without mercy?
destroying nations without mercy?