| 1:2 |
O LordJehovah how long shall I cry and thou wilt not hear evenI cry out unto thee of violence and thou wilt not save |
| 1:3 |
Why dost thou shewshow me iniquity and causelook meupon toperverseness behold grievance for spoilingdestruction and violence are before me:; and there areis thatstrife raiseand upcontention striferiseth andup contention |
| 1:4 |
Therefore the law is slacked and judgmentjustice doth never go forth:; for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrongjustice judgmentgoeth proceedethforth perverted |
| 1:5 |
Behold ye among the heathennations and regardlook and wonder marvelously:marvellously; for I willam workworking a work in your days which ye will not believe though it be told you |
| 1:6 |
For lo I raise up the Chaldeans that bitter and hasty nation whichthat shall march through the breadth of the landearth to possess thedwelling dwellingplacesplaces that are not theirs |
| 1:7 |
They are terrible and dreadful:; their judgment and their dignity shall proceed offrom themselves |
| 1:8 |
Their horses also are swifter than the leopards and are more fierce than the evening wolves:; and their horsemen shallpress spreadproudly themselveson: andyea their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as thean eagle that hasteth to eatdevour |
| 1:9 |
They shall come all of them for violence:; theirthe facesset shallof suptheir upfaces asis theforwards; east wind and they shall gather thecaptives captivity as the sand |
| 1:10 |
AndYea theyhe shallscoffeth scoff at the kings and the princes shallare be a scornderision unto them:him; theyhe shallderideth deride every strong holdstronghold; for theyhe shallheapeth heapup dust and taketaketh it |
| 1:11 |
Then shall hishe mindsweep changeby as a wind and he shall pass over and offendbe imputingguilty thiseven hishe powerwhose untomight is his god |
| 1:12 |
Art not thou not from everlasting O LordJehovah my God minemy Holy One we shall not die O LordJehovah thou hast ordained themhim for judgment; and thou O mightyRock God thou hast established themhim for correction |
| 1:13 |
Thou that art of purer eyes than to behold evil and that canst not look on iniquity:perverseness wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously and holdest thy tonguepeace when the wicked devourethswalloweth up the man that is more righteous than he; |
| 1:14 |
Andand makest men as the fishes of the sea as the creeping things that have no ruler over them |
| 1:15 |
TheyHe taketaketh up all of them with the angle theyhe catchcatcheth them in theirhis net and gathergathereth them in theirhis drag: therefore theyhe rejoicerejoiceth and areis glad |
| 1:16 |
Therefore theyhe sacrificesacrificeth unto theirhis net and burnburneth incense unto theirhis drag; because by them theirhis portion is fat and theirhis meatfood plenteous |
| 1:17 |
Shall theyhe therefore empty theirhis net and not spare continuallynot to slay the nations continually |
| 2:1 |
I will stand upon my watch and set me upon the tower and will watchlook forth to see what he will sayspeak untowith me and what I shall answer whenconcerning Imy amcomplaint reproved |
| 2:2 |
And theJehovah Lord answered me and said Write the vision and make it plain upon tablestablets that he may run that readeth it |
| 2:3 |
For the vision is yet for anthe appointed time butand atit hasteth toward the end itand shall speak and not lie: though it tarry wait for it; because it will surely come it will not tarrydelay |
| 2:4 |
Behold his soul which is liftedpuffed up it is not upright in him:; but the justrighteous shall live by his faith |
| 2:5 |
Yea alsomoreover because he transgresseth by wine he is treacherous a proudhaughty man neitherthat keepeth not at home; who enlargeth his desire as hellSheol and he is as death and cannot be satisfied but gathereth unto him all nations and heapeth unto him all people:peoples |
| 2:6 |
Shall not all these take up a parable against him and a taunting proverb against him and say Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his how long and to him that ladeth himself with thickpledges clay |
| 2:7 |
Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee and awake that shall vex thee and thou shalt be for bootiesbooty unto them |
| 2:8 |
Because thou hast spoiledplundered many nations all the remnant of the peoplepeoples shall spoilplunder thee; because of mens blood and for the violence ofdone to the land ofto the city and ofto all that dwell therein |
| 2:9 |
Woe to him that covetethgetteth an evil covetousnessgain tofor his house that he may set his nest on high that he may be delivered from the powerhand of evil |
| 2:10 |
Thou hast consulteddevised shame to thy house by cutting off many peoplepeoples and hast sinned against thy soul |
| 2:12 |
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood and stablishethestablisheth a city by iniquity |
| 2:13 |
Behold is it not of theJehovah Lord of hosts that the peoplepeoples shalllabor labourfor in the very fire and the peoplenations shall weary themselves for veryvanity vanity |
| 2:14 |
For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of theJehovah Lord as the waters cover the sea |
| 2:15 |
Woe unto him that giveth his neighbourneighbor drink to thee that puttestaddest thy bottlevenom to him and makest him drunken also that thou mayest look on their nakedness |
| 2:16 |
Thou art filled with shame forand not glory: drink thou also and letbe thyas foreskinone beuncircumcised; uncovered: the cup of theJehovahs Lords right hand shall become turnedround unto thee and shamefulfoul spewingshame shall be onupon thy glory |
| 2:17 |
For the violence ofdone to Lebanon shall cover thee and the spoildestruction of the beasts which made them afraid; because of mens blood and for the violence ofdone to the land ofto the city and ofto all that dwell therein |
| 2:18 |
What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image andeven athe teacher of lies that thehe makerthat offashioneth hisits workform trusteth therein to make dumb idols |
| 2:19 |
Woe unto him that saith to the wood Awake; to the dumb stone Arise itShall shallthis teach Behold it is laidoverlaid over with gold and silver and there is no breath at all in the midst of it |
| 2:20 |
But theJehovah Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him |
| 3:1 |
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet uponset to Shigionoth |
| 3:2 |
O LordJehovah I have heard thythe speechreport of thee and wasam afraid: O LordJehovah revive thy work in the midst of the years; inIn the midst of the years make it known; inIn wrath remember mercy |
| 3:3 |
God came from Teman andAnd the Holy One from mount Paran Selah His glory covered the heavens andAnd the earth was full of his praise |
| 3:4 |
And his brightness was as the light; heHe had hornsrays coming outforth offrom his hand:; andAnd there was the hiding of his power |
| 3:5 |
Before him went the pestilence andAnd burningfiery coalsbolts went forth at his feet |
| 3:6 |
He stood and measured the earth:; heHe beheld and drove asunder the nations; andAnd the everlastingeternal mountains were scattered; theThe perpetualeverlasting hills did bow:; hisHis waysgoings arewere everlastingas of old |
| 3:7 |
I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction:; andThe the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble |
| 3:8 |
Was theJehovah Lord displeased againstwith the rivers wasWas thine anger against the rivers wasOr thy wrath against the sea thatThat thou didst ride upon thinethy horses andUpon thy chariots of salvation |
| 3:9 |
Thy bow was made quite nakedbare; accordingThe to the oaths ofto the tribes evenwere thya sure word Selah Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers |
| 3:10 |
The mountains saw thee and theywere trembled:afraid; theThe overflowingtempest of thewaters water passed by:; theThe deep uttered hisits voice andAnd lifted up hisits hands on high |
| 3:11 |
The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: atAt the light of thine arrows as they went andAt at the shining of thy glittering spear |
| 3:12 |
Thou didst march through the land in indignation; thouThou didst thresh the heathennations in anger |
| 3:13 |
Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people evenFor forthe salvation withof thine anointed; thouThou woundedstwoundest the head out of the house of the wicked byman discoveringLaying bare the foundation even unto the neck Selah |
| 3:14 |
Thou didst strikepierce through with his own staves the head of his villageswarriors: theyThey came out as a whirlwind to scatter me:; theirTheir rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly |
| 3:15 |
Thou didst walktread through the sea with thinethy horses throughThe the heap of greatmighty waters |
| 3:16 |
When I heard and my bellybody trembled; myMy lips quivered at the voice:; rottennessRottenness enteredentereth into my bones and I trembledtremble in myselfmy thatplace; Because I mightmust restwait inquietly for the day of trouble: whenFor hethe comethcoming up untoof the people hethat willinvadeth invade them with his troopsus |
| 3:17 |
AlthoughFor though the fig tree shall not blossomflourish neitherNeither shall fruit be in the vines; theThe labourlabor of the olive shall fail andAnd the fields shall yield no meatfood; theThe flock shall be cut off from the fold andAnd there shall be no herd in the stalls: |
| 3:18 |
Yet I will rejoice in theJehovah Lord I will joy in the God of my salvation |
| 3:19 |
TheJehovah the Lord God is my strength; andAnd he willmaketh make my feet like hinds feet andAnd he will make me to walk upon minemy high places ToFor the chiefChief singerMusician on my stringed instruments |