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Habakkuk 1
1. The burden <04853> which <0834> Habakkuk <02265> the prophet
<05030> did see <02372>.
2 O LORD <03068>, how <05704> long <05704> shall I cry <07768>,
and thou wilt not hear <08085>! [even] cry <02199> out unto thee
[of] violence <02555>, and thou wilt not save <03467>!
3 Why <04100> dost thou shew <07200> me iniquity <0205>, and
cause [me] to behold <05027> grievance <05999>? for spoiling
<07701> and violence <02555> [are] before <05048> me: and there
are [that] raise <05375> up strife <07379> and contention
<04066>.
4 Therefore the law <08451> is slacked <06313>, and judgment
<04941> doth never go <03318> forth <03318>: for the wicked
<07563> doth compass <03803> about the righteous <06662>;
therefore wrong <06127> judgment <04941> proceedeth <03318>.
5. Behold <07200> ye among the heathen <01471>, and regard
<05027>, and wonder <08539> marvellously <08539>: for [I] will
work <06466> a work <06467> in your days <03117>, [which] ye
will not believe <0539>, though <03588> it be told <05608> [you].
6 For, lo <02009>, I raise <06965> up the Chaldeans <03778>,
[that] bitter <04751> and hasty <04116> nation <01471>, which
shall march <01980> through the breadth <04800> of the land
<0776>, to possess <0423> the dwellingplaces <04908> [that are]
not theirs.
7 They [are] terrible <0366> and dreadful <03372>: their
judgment <04941> and their dignity <07613> shall proceed <03318>
of themselves.
8 Their horses <05483> also are swifter <07043> than the
leopards <05246>, and are more fierce <02300> than the evening
<06153> wolves <02061>: and their horsemen <06571> shall spread
<06335> themselves, and their horsemen <06571> shall come <0935>
from far <07350>; they shall fly <05774> as the eagle <05404>
[that] hasteth <02363> to eat <0398>.
9 They shall come <0935> all <03605> for violence <02555>:
their faces <06440> shall sup <04041> up [as] the east <06921>
wind, and they shall gather <0622> the captivity <07628> as the
sand <02344>.
10 And they shall scoff <07046> at the kings <04428>, and the
princes <07336> shall be a scorn <04890> unto them: they shall
deride <07832> every <03605> strong <04013> hold <04013>; for
they shall heap <06651> dust <06083>, and take <03920> it.
11 Then <0227> shall [his] mind <07307> change <02498>, and he
shall pass <05674> over <05674>, and offend <0816>, [imputing]
this <02098> his power <03581> unto his god <0430>.
12. [Art] thou not from everlasting <06924>, O LORD <03068> my
God <0430>, mine Holy <06918> One <06918>? we shall not die
<04191>. O LORD <03068>, thou hast ordained <07760> them for
judgment <04941>; and, O mighty <06697> God <06697>, thou hast
established <03245> them for correction <03198>.
13 [Thou art] of purer <02889> eyes <05869> than to behold
<07200> evil <07451>, and canst <03201> not look <05027> on
<0413> iniquity <05999>: wherefore <04100> lookest <05027> thou
upon them that deal treacherously <0898>, [and] holdest <02790>
thy tongue <02790> when the wicked <07563> devoureth <01104>
[the man that is] more righteous <06662> than he?
14 And makest <06213> men <0120> as the fishes <01709> of the
sea <03220>, as the creeping <07431> things, [that have] no
<03808> ruler <04910> over them?
15 They take <05927> up all <03605> of them with the angle
<02443>, they catch <01641> them in their net <02764>, and
gather <0622> them in their drag <04365>: therefore they rejoice
<08055> and are glad <01523>.
16 Therefore they sacrifice <02076> unto their net <02764>, and
burn <06999> incense <06999> unto their drag <04365>; because
<03588> by them their portion <02506> [is] fat <08082>, and
their meat <03978> plenteous <01277>.
17 Shall they therefore <03651> empty <07324> their net <02764>,
and not spare <02550> continually <08548> to slay <02026> the
nations <01471>?
Habakkuk 2
1. I will stand <05975> upon my watch <04931>, and set <03320>
me upon the tower <04692>, and will watch <06822> to see <07200>
what <04100> he will say <01696> unto me, and what <04100> I
shall answer <07725> when <05921> I am reproved <08433>.
2 And the LORD <03068> answered <06030> me, and said <0559>,
Write <03789> the vision <02377>, and make [it] plain <0874>
upon tables <03871>, that he may run <07323> that readeth
<07121> it.
3 For the vision <02377> [is] yet <05750> for an appointed
<04150> time, but at the end <07093> it shall speak <06315>, and
not lie <03576>: though <0518> it tarry <04102>, wait <02442>
for it; because <03588> it will surely come <0935>, it will not
tarry <0309>.
4 Behold <02009>, his soul <05315> [which] is lifted <06075> up
is not upright <03474> in him: but the just <06662> shall live
<02421> by his faith <0530>.
5. Yea <0637> also <0637>, because <03588> he transgresseth
<0898> by wine <03196>, [he is] a proud <03093> man <01397>,
neither <03808> keepeth at home <05115>, who <0834> enlargeth
<07337> his desire <05315> as hell <07585>, and [is] as death
<04194>, and cannot <03808> be satisfied <07646>, but gathereth
<0622> unto him all <03605> nations <01471>, and heapeth <06908>
unto him all <03605> people <05971>:
6 Shall not all <03605> these <0428> take <05375> up a parable
<04912> against <05921> him, and a taunting <04426> proverb
<02420> against him, and say <0559>, Woe <01945> to him that
increaseth <07235> [that which is] not his! how <05704> long
<05704>? and to him that ladeth <03515> himself with thick clay
<05671>!
7 Shall they not rise <06965> up suddenly <06621> that shall
bite <05391> thee, and awake <06974> that shall vex <02111> thee,
and thou shalt be for booties <04933> unto them?
8 Because <03588> thou hast spoiled <07997> many <07227>
nations <01471>, all <03605> the remnant <03499> of the people
<05971> shall spoil <07701> thee; because <03588> of men's
<0120> blood <01818>, and [for] the violence <02555> of the land
<0776>, of the city <07151>, and of all <03605> that dwell
<03427> therein.
9 Woe <01945> to him that coveteth <01214> an evil <07451>
covetousness <01215> to his house <01004>, that he may set
<07760> his nest <07064> on high <04791>, that he may be
delivered <05337> from the power <03709> of evil <07451>!
10 Thou hast consulted <03289> shame <01322> to thy house
<01004> by cutting <07096> off many <07227> people <05971>, and
hast sinned <02398> [against] thy soul <05315>.
11 For the stone <068> shall cry <02199> out of the wall
<07023>, and the beam <03714> out of the timber <06086> shall
answer <06030> it.
12 Woe <01945> to him that buildeth <01129> a town <05892> with
blood <01818>, and stablisheth <03559> a city <07151> by
iniquity <05766>!
13 Behold <02009>, [is it] not of the LORD <03068> of hosts
<06635> that the people <05971> shall labour <03021> in the very
<01767> fire <0784>, and the people <03816> shall weary <03286>
themselves for very <01767> vanity <07385>?
14 For the earth <0776> shall be filled <04390> with the
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