NASB77 Habakkuk 1 Chapter
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1:1
The oracle which Habakkuk the prophet saw.
1:2
How long, O LORD, will I call for help, And Thou wilt not hear? I cry out to Thee, "Violence!" Yet Thou dost not save.
1:3
Why dost Thou make me see iniquity, And cause [me] to look on wickedness? Yes, destruction and violence are before me; Strife exists and contention arises.
1:4
Therefore, the law is ignored And justice is never upheld. For the wicked surround the righteous; Therefore, justice comes out perverted.
1:5
"Look among the nations! Observe! Be astonished! Wonder! Because [I] am doing something in your days-- You would not believe if you were told.
1:6
"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.
1:7
"They are dreaded and feared. Their justice and authority originate with themselves.
1:8
"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.
1:9
"All of them come for violence. Their horde of faces [moves] forward. They collect captives like sand.
1:10
"They mock at kings, And rulers are a laughing matter to them. They laugh at every fortress, And heap up rubble to capture it.
1:11
"Then they will sweep through [like] the wind and pass on. But they will be held guilty, They whose strength is their god."
1:12
Art Thou not from everlasting, O LORD, my God, my Holy One? We will not die. Thou, O LORD, hast appointed them to judge; And Thou, O Rock, hast established them to correct.
1:13
[Thine] eyes are too pure to approve evil, And Thou canst not look on wickedness [with favor]. Why dost Thou look with favor On those who deal treacherously? Why art Thou silent when the wicked swallow up Those more righteous than they?
1:14
[Why] hast Thou made men like the fish of the sea, Like creeping things without a ruler over them?
1:15
[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.
1:16
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.
1:17
Will they therefore empty their net And continually slay nations without sparing?