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The burdenoracle of God which HabakkukHabak′kuk the prophet did seesaw |
| 1:2 |
O JehovahLord how long shall I cry for help and thou wilt not hear IOr cry outto unto thee ofViolence violence and thou wilt not save |
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Why dost thou showmake me iniquitysee wrongs and look upon perversenesstrouble forDestruction destruction and violence are before me; and there is strife and contention riseth up arise |
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ThereforeSo the law is slacked and justice doth never gogoes forth; forFor the wicked dothsurround compass about the righteous; thereforeso justice goethgoes forth perverted |
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BeholdLook ye among the nations and looksee; wonder and wonderbe marvellously;astounded forFor I am workingdoing a work in your days whichthat yeyou willwould not believe thoughif it be told you |
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For lo I raiseam uprousing the ChaldeansChalde′ans that bitter and hasty nation thatwho march through the breadth of the earth to possessseize dwellinghabitations places that are not theirstheir own |
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TheyDread areand terrible andare dreadfulthey; their judgmentjustice and their dignity proceed from themselves |
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Their horses also are swifter than leopards and are more fierce than the evening wolves; and their horsemen press proudly on: yeaYea their horsemen come from farafar; they fly aslike an eagle thatswift hasteth to devour |
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They come all ofcome them for violence; theterror set of theirthem facesgoes isbefore forwards;them andThey they gather captives aslike the sand |
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YeaAt hekings scoffeththey atscoff kings and princesof arerulers athey derisionmake untosport him;They helaugh deridethat every stronghold;fortress for hethey heapethheap up dustearth and takethtake it |
| 1:11 |
Then shallthey he sweep by aslike athe wind and shallgo passon over and be guilty evenmen he whose own might is histheir god |
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Art thou not thou from everlasting O JehovahLord my God my Holy One weWe shall not die O JehovahLord thou hast ordained himthem foras a judgment; and thou O Rock hast established himthem for correction chastisement |
| 1:13 |
Thou thatwho art of purer eyes than to behold evil and that canst not look on perversenesswrong whereforewhy lookestdost thou uponlook themon thatfaithless dealmen treacherously and holdestart thysilent peace when the wicked swallowethswallows up the man that is more righteous than he; |
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andFor thou makest men aslike the fishesfish of the sea aslike thecrawling creeping things that have no ruler over them |
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He takethbrings up all of them up with thea anglehook he catchethdrags them inout with his net andhe gatherethgathers them in his drag:seine; thereforeso he rejoicethrejoices and is glad exults |
| 1:16 |
Therefore he sacrificethsacrifices untoto his net and burnethburns incense untoto his dragseine; becausefor by them hishe portionlives isin fatluxury and his food plenteousis rich |
| 1:17 |
ShallIs he thereforethen emptyto keep on emptying his net and sparemercilessly notslaying tonations slayfor the nations continuallyever |
| 2:1 |
I will take my stand uponto my watch and setstation memyself uponon the tower and will look forth to see what he will speaksay withto me and what I shallwill answer concerning my complaint |
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And Jehovahthe Lord answered me: and said Write the vision; and make it plain upon tablets thatso he may run thatwho readethreads it |
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For still the vision isawaits yetits for the appointed time; and it hastethhastens towardto the end—it andwill shall not lie: thoughIf it tarryseem slow wait for it; because it will surely come it will not delay |
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Behold hishe whose soul is puffed up it is not upright in him; shall fail but the righteous shall live by his faith |
| 2:5 |
YeaMoreover moreover wine is treacherous; athe haughtyarrogant man thatshall keepeth not atabide home;His whogreed enlargethis hisas desirewide as Sheol; andlike he is as death andhe cannothas benever satisfiedenough butHe gatherethgathers untofor himhimself all nations and heapethcollects untoas himhis own all peoples |
| 2:6 |
Shall not all these take up atheir parabletaunt against him andin ascoffing tauntingderision proverbof against him and say Woe to him thatwho increasethheaps thatup whichwhat is not his own— for how long— and thatloads ladeth himself with pledges |
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ShallWill they not riseyour updebtors suddenly thatarise shalland bitethose theeawake andwho awakewill thatmake shallyou vextremble theeThen andyou thouwill shalt be for booty untofor them |
| 2:8 |
Because thouyou hasthave plundered many nations all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder theeyou becausefor ofthe mens blood andof formen theand violence done to the landearth to thecities city and to all thatwho dwell therein |
| 2:9 |
Woe to him thatwho gettethgets an evil gain for his house thatto he may set his nest on high thatto he may be deliveredsafe from the handreach of evil harm |
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ThouYou hasthave devised shame to thyyour house by cutting off many peoples; andyou hasthave sinnedforfeited againstyour thy soul life |
| 2:11 |
For the stone shallwill cry out offrom the wall and the beam outfrom of the timberwoodwork shall answer itrespond |
| 2:12 |
Woe to him thatwho buildethbuilds a town with blood and establishethfounds a city byon iniquity |
| 2:13 |
Behold is it not offrom Jehovahthe Lord of hosts that the peoples labor only for the fire and the nations weary themselves for vanity nought |
| 2:14 |
For the earth shallwill be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Jehovahthe Lord as the waters cover the sea |
| 2:15 |
Woe untoto him thatwho givethmakes his neighborneighbors drink toof theethe thatcup addestof thyhis venomwrath and makestmakes himthem drunkendrunk alsoto thatgaze thou mayest look on their nakedness shame |
| 2:16 |
ThouYou artwill filledbe sated with shamecontempt andinstead notof glory: drinkDrink thouyourself also and bestagger asThe onecup uncircumcised;in the cupLords of Jehovahs right hand shallwill come roundaround untoto theeyou and foul shame shallwill become upon thyyour glory |
| 2:17 |
ForThe the violence done to Lebanon shallwill coveroverwhelm theeyou; and the destruction of the beasts whichwill madeterrify themyou afraid;for becausethe blood of mensmen blood and for the violence done to the landearth to thecities city and to all thatwho dwell therein |
| 2:18 |
What profitethprofit theis gravenan imageidol thatwhen theits maker thereofhas hathshaped graven it; thea moltenmetal image evena the teacher of lies thatFor hethe thatworkman fashionethtrusts itsin formhis trustethown thereincreation towhen makehe makes dumb idols |
| 2:19 |
Woe untoto him thatwho saithsays to thea woodwooden thing Awake; to thea dumb stone Arise ShallCan this teachgive revelation Behold it is overlaid with gold and silver and there is no breath at all in the midst of it |
| 2:20 |
But Jehovahthe Lord is in his holy temple:; let all the earth keep silence before him |
| 3:1 |
A prayer of HabakkukHabak′kuk the prophet setaccording to ShigionothShigion′oth |
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O JehovahLord I have heard the report of thee and amthy afraid:work O JehovahLord revivedo thyI workfear inIn the midst of the years renew it; Inin the midst of the years make it known; Inin wrath remember mercy |
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God came from Teman Andand the Holy One from mountMount Paran Selah His glory covered the heavens Andand the earth was full of his praise Selah |
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AndHis his brightness was aslike the light; He had rays comingflashed forth from his hand; Andand there washe theveiled hiding of his power |
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Before him went the pestilence Andand fieryplague boltsfollowed wentclose forth at his feetbehind |
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He stood and measured the earth; Hehe beheldlooked and droveshook asunder the nations; Andthen the eternal mountains were scattered; Thethe everlasting hills didsank bow;low His goingsways were as of old |
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I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction; Thethe curtains of the land of MidianMid′ian did tremble |
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Was Jehovahthy displeasedwrath withagainst the rivers O Lord Was thinethy anger against the rivers Oror thy wrathindignation against the sea Thatwhen thou didst ride upon thy horses Uponupon thy chariotschariot of salvationvictory |
| 3:9 |
ThyThou bowdidst wasstrip madethe quitesheath bare;from Thethy oathsbow toand put the tribesarrows wereto athe surestring word Selah Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers |
| 3:10 |
The mountains saw thee and were afraidwrithed; Thethe tempestraging of waters passedswept byon; Thethe deep utteredgave forth its voice Andit lifted up its hands on high |
| 3:11 |
The sun and moon stood still in their habitation Atat the light of thine arrows as they wentsped Atat the shiningflash of thy glittering spear |
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Thou didst marchbestride through the landearth in indignation;fury Thouthou didst threshtrample the nations in anger |
| 3:13 |
Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people Forfor the salvation of thinethy anointed; Thou woundestdidst crush the head out of the house of the wicked manlaying Layinghim bare thefrom foundationthigh evento unto the neck Selah |
| 3:14 |
Thou didst pierce with histhy ownshafts staves the head of his warriors: Theywho came aslike a whirlwind to scatter me; Their rejoicing was as if to devour the poor secretlyin secret |
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Thou didst treadtrample the sea with thy horses Thethe heapsurging of mighty waters |
| 3:16 |
I heardhear and my body trembledtrembles Mymy lips quiveredquiver at the voicesound; Rottennessrottenness enterethenters into my bones andmy Isteps trembletotter inbeneath myme place;I Becausewill Iquietly must wait quietly for the day of trouble Forto thecome comingupon up of the people thatwho invadethinvade us |
| 3:17 |
ForThough though the fig tree shalldo not flourishblossom Neithernor shall fruit be inon the vines; Thethe laborproduce of the olive shall fail Andand the fields shall yield no food; Thethe flock shall be cut off from the fold Andand there shall be no herd in the stalls: |
| 3:18 |
Yetyet I will rejoice in Jehovahthe Lord I will joy in the God of my salvation |
| 3:19 |
JehovahGod the Lord is my strength; And he makethmakes my feet like hinds feet Andhe willmakes make me totread walk upon my high places ForTo the Chiefchoirmaster: Musicianwith on my stringed instruments |