Habakkuk 1
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Hab 1:1
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The (Or {burden}) oracle which Habakkuk the prophet saw.
Hab 1:2
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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.
Hab 1:3
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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.
Hab 1:4
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Therefore the law is ignored And justice is never upheld. For the wicked surround the righteous; Therefore justice comes out perverted.
Hab 1:5
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"Look among the nations! Observe! Be astonished! Wonder! Because {I am} doing something in your days-- You would not believe if you were told.
Hab 1:6
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"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.
Hab 1:7
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"They are dreaded and feared; Their justice and authority originate with themselves.
Hab 1:8
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"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.
Hab 1:9
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"All of them come for violence. Their horde of faces {moves} forward. They collect captives like sand.
Hab 1:10
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"They mock at kings And rulers are a laughing matter to them. They laugh at every fortress And heap up rubble to capture it.
Hab 1:11
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"Then they will sweep through {like} the wind and pass on. But they will be held guilty, They whose strength is their god."
Hab 1:12
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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.
Hab 1:13
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{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?
Hab 1:14
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{Why} have You made men like the fish of the sea, Like creeping things without a ruler over them?
Hab 1:15
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{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.
Hab 1:16
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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.
Hab 1:17
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Will they therefore empty their net And continually slay nations without sparing?
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