Habakkuk 1:1-17

1 ¶ The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. burden^H4853 Habakkuk^H2265 prophet^H5030 see^H2372

2 O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save! LORD^H3068 cry^H7768 hear^H8085 out^H2199 violence^H2555 save^H3467

3 Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention. shew^H7200 iniquity^H205 behold^H5027 grievance^H5999 spoiling^H7701 violence^H2555 up^H5375 strife^H7379 contention^H4066

4 Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth. law^H8451 slacked^H6313 judgment^H4941 never^H5331 forth^H3318 wicked^H7563 compass^H3803 righteous^H6662 wrong^H6127 judgment^H4941 proceedeth^H3318

5 ¶ Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you. Behold^H7200 heathen^H1471 regard^H5027 wonder^H8539 marvellously^H8539 work^H6466 work^H6467 days^H3117 believe^H539 told^H5608

6 For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs. up^H6965 Chaldeans^H3778 bitter^H4751 hasty^H4116 nation^H1471 march^H1980 breadth^H4800 land^H776 possess^H3423 dwellingplaces^H4908

7 They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves. terrible^H366 dreadful^H3372 judgment^H4941 dignity^H7613 proceed^H3318

8 Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat. horses^H5483 swifter^H7043 leopards^H5246 fierce^H2300 evening^H6153 wolves^H2061 horsemen^H6571 spread^H6335 horsemen^H6571 come^H935 far^H7350 fly^H5774 eagle^H5404 hasteth^H2363 eat^H398

9 They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand. come^H935 violence^H2555 faces^H6440 up^H4041 wind^H6921 gather^H622 captivity^H7628 sand^H2344

10 And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it. scoff^H7046 kings^H4428 princes^H7336 scorn^H4890 deride^H7832 hold^H4013 heap^H6651 dust^H6083 take^H3920

11 Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god. mind^H7307 change^H2498 over^H5674 offend^H816 this^H2098 power^H3581 god^H433

12 ¶ Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction. everlasting^H6924 LORD^H3068 God^H430 One^H6918 die^H4191 LORD^H3068 ordained^H7760 judgment^H4941 God^H6697 established^H3245 correction^H3198

13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he? purer^H2889 eyes^H5869 behold^H7200 evil^H7451 canst^H3201 look^H5027 iniquity^H5999 lookest^H5027 treacherously^H898 tongue^H2790 wicked^H7563 devoureth^H1104 righteous^H6662

14 And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them? makest^H6213 men^H120 fishes^H1709 sea^H3220 things^H7431 ruler^H4910

15 They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad. up^H5927 angle^H2443 catch^H1641 net^H2764 gather^H622 drag^H4365 rejoice^H8055 glad^H1523

16 Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous. sacrifice^H2076 net^H2764 incense^H6999 drag^H4365 them^H1992 portion^H2506 fat^H8082 meat^H3978 plenteous^H1277

17 Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations? empty^H7324 net^H2764 spare^H2550 continually^H8548 slay^H2026 nations^H1471