Habakkuk
Chapter 1
New King James Version1The burden which the prophet Habakkuk saw.
2O LORD, how long shall I cry, And You will not hear? Even cry out to You, "Violence!" And You will not save.
3Why do You show me iniquity, And cause [me] to see trouble? For plundering and violence [are] before me; There is strife, and contention arises.
4Therefore the law is powerless, And justice never goes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous; Therefore perverse judgment proceeds.
5" Look among the nations and watch -- Be utterly astounded! For [I will] work a work in your days [Which] you would not believe, though it were told [you.]
6For indeed I am raising up the Chaldeans, A bitter and hasty nation Which marches through the breadth of the earth, To possess dwelling places [that are] not theirs.
7They are terrible and dreadful; Their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.
8Their horses also are swifter than leopards, And more fierce than evening wolves. Their chargers charge ahead; Their cavalry comes from afar; They fly as the eagle [that] hastens to eat.
9"They all come for violence; Their faces are set [like] the east wind. They gather captives like sand.
10They scoff at kings, And princes are scorned by them. They deride every stronghold, For they heap up earthen [mounds] and seize it.
11Then [his] mind changes, and he transgresses; He commits offense, [Ascribing] this power to his god."
12Are You not from everlasting, O LORD my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. O LORD, You have appointed them for judgment; O Rock, You have marked them for correction.
13[You are] of purer eyes than to behold evil, And cannot look on wickedness. Why do You look on those who deal treacherously, [And] hold Your tongue when the wicked devours A [person] more righteous than he?
14[Why] do You make men like fish of the sea, Like creeping things [that have] no ruler over them?
15They take up all of them with a hook, They catch them in their net, And gather them in their dragnet. Therefore they rejoice and are glad.
16Therefore they sacrifice to their net, And burn incense to their dragnet; Because by them their share [is] sumptuous And their food plentiful.
17Shall they therefore empty their net, And continue to slay nations without pity?
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