Habacuc 1

1The burden^H4853 which Habakkuk^H2265 the prophet^H5030 did see^H2372. 2O Jehovah^H3068, how long shall I cry^H7768, and thou wilt not hear^H8085? I cry out^H2199 unto thee of violence^H2555, and thou wilt not save^H3467. 3Why dost thou show^H7200 me iniquity^H205, and look^H5027 upon perverseness^H5999? for destruction^H7701 and violence^H2555 are before me; and there is strife^H7379, and contention^H4066 riseth up^H5375. 4Therefore the law^H8451 is slacked^H6313, and justice^H4941 doth never^H5331 go forth^H3318; for the wicked^H7563 doth compass^H3803 about the righteous^H6662; therefore justice^H4941 goeth forth^H3318 perverted^H6127. 5Behold^H7200 ye among the nations^H1471, and look^H5027, and wonder^H8539 marvellously^H8539; for I am working^H6466 a work^H6467 in your days^H3117, which ye will not believe^H539 though it be told^H5608 you. 6For, lo, I raise up^H6965 the Chaldeans^H3778, that bitter^H4751 and hasty^H4116 nation^H1471, that march^H1980 through the breadth^H4800 of the earth^H776, to possess^H3423 dwelling-places^H4908 that are not theirs. 7They are terrible^H366 and dreadful^H3372; their judgment^H4941 and their dignity^H7613 proceed^H3318 from themselves. 8Their horses^H5483 also are swifter^H7043 than leopards^H5246, and are more fierce^H2300 than the evening^H6153 wolves^H2061; and their horsemen^H6571 press proudly^H6335 on: yea, their horsemen^H6571 come^H935 from far^H7350; they fly^H5774 as an eagle^H5404 that hasteth^H2363 to devour^H398. 9They come^H935 all of them for violence^H2555; the set^H4041 of their faces^H6440 is forwards^H6921; and they gather^H622 captives^H7628 as the sand^H2344. 10Yea, he scoffeth^H7046 at kings^H4428, and princes^H7336 are a derision^H4890 unto him; he derideth^H7832 every stronghold^H4013; for he heapeth^H6651 up dust^H6083, and taketh^H3920 it. 11Then shall he sweep^H2498 by as a wind^H7307, and shall pass over^H5674, and be guilty^H816, even he whose^H2098 might^H3581 is his god^H433. 12Art not thou from everlasting^H6924, O Jehovah^H3068 my God^H430, my Holy One^H6918? we shall not die^H4191. O Jehovah^H3068, thou hast ordained^H7760 him for judgment^H4941; and thou, O Rock^H6697, hast established^H3245 him for correction^H3198. 13Thou that art of purer^H2889 eyes^H5869 than to behold^H7200 evil^H7451, and that canst^H3201 not look^H5027 on perverseness^H5999, wherefore lookest^H5027 thou upon them that deal treacherously^H898, and holdest thy peace^H2790 when the wicked^H7563 swalloweth^H1104 up the man that is more righteous^H6662 than he; 14and makest^H6213 men^H120 as the fishes^H1709 of the sea^H3220, as the creeping things^H7431, that have no ruler^H4910 over them? 15He taketh up^H5927 all of them with the angle^H2443, he catcheth^H1641 them in his net^H2764, and gathereth^H622 them in his drag^H4365: therefore he rejoiceth^H8055 and is glad^H1523. 16Therefore he sacrificeth^H2076 unto his net^H2764, and burneth incense^H6999 unto his drag^H4365; because by them^H1992 his portion^H2506 is fat^H8082, and his food^H3978 plenteous^H1277. 17Shall he therefore empty^H7324 his net^H2764, and spare^H2550 not to slay^H2026 the nations^H1471 continually^H8548?