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[1]The burdenH4853 which HabakkukH2265 the prophetH5030 did seeH2372.[H8804]
[2]O LORDH3068, how long shall I cryH7768[H8765], and thou wilt not hearH8085[H8799]! even cry outH2199[H8799] unto thee of violenceH2555, H3467and thou wilt not saveH8686
[3]Why dost thou shewH7200[H8686] me iniquityH205, and cause me to beholdH5027[H8686] grievanceH5999? for spoilingH7701 and violenceH2555 are before me: and there are that raise upH5375[H8799] strifeH7379 and contentionH4066.
[4]Therefore the lawH8451 is slackedH6313[H8799], and judgmentH4941 doth neverH5331 go forthH3318[H8799]: for the wickedH7563 doth compassH3803[H8688] about the righteousH6662; therefore wrongH6127[H8794] judgmentH4941 proceedethH3318.[H8799]
[5]BeholdH7200[H8798] ye among the heathenH1471, and regardH5027[H8685], and wonderH8539[H8690] marvellouslyH8539[H8798]: for I will workH6466[H8802] a workH6467 in your daysH3117, which ye will not believeH539[H8686], though it be toldH5608 youH8792.
[6]For, lo, I raise upH6965[H8688] the ChaldeansH3778, that bitterH4751 and hastyH4116[H8737] nationH1471, which shall marchH1980[H8802] through the breadthH4800 of the landH776, to possessH3423[H8800] the dwellingplaces that are not theirsH4908.
[7]They are terribleH366 and dreadfulH3372[H8737]: their judgmentH4941 and their dignityH7613 shall proceedH3318 of themselvesH8799.
[8]Their horsesH5483 also are swifterH7043[H8804] than the leopardsH5246, and are more fierceH2300[H8804] than the eveningH6153 wolvesH2061: and their horsemenH6571 shall spreadH6335[H8804] themselves, and their horsemenH6571 shall comeH935[H8799] from farH7350; they shall flyH5774[H8799] as the eagleH5404 that hastethH2363[H8804] to eatH398.[H8800]
[9]They shall comeH935[H8799] all for violenceH2555: their facesH6440 shall sup upH4041 as the east windH6921, and they shall gatherH622[H8799] the captivityH7628 as the sandH2344.
[10]And they shall scoffH7046[H8691] at the kingsH4428, and the princesH7336[H8802] shall be a scornH4890 unto them: they shall derideH7832[H8799] every strong holdH4013; for they shall heapH6651[H8799] dustH6083, and takeH3920 itH8799.
[11]Then shall his mindH7307 changeH2498[H8804], and he shall pass overH5674[H8799], and offendH816[H8804], imputing thisH2098 his powerH3581 unto his godH433.
[12]Art thou not from everlastingH6924, O LORDH3068 my GodH430, mine Holy OneH6918? we shall not dieH4191[H8799]. O LORDH3068, thou hast ordainedH7760[H8804] them for judgmentH4941; and, O mighty GodH6697, thou hast establishedH3245[H8804] them for correctionH3198.[H8687]
[13]Thou art of purerH2889 eyesH5869 than to beholdH7200[H8800] evilH7451, and canstH3201[H8799] not lookH5027[H8687] on iniquityH5999: wherefore lookestH5027[H8686] thou upon them that deal treacherouslyH898[H8802], and holdest thy tongueH2790[H8686] when the wickedH7563 devourethH1104[H8763] the man that is more righteous than heH6662?
[14]And makestH6213[H8799] menH120 as the fishesH1709 of the seaH3220, as the creeping thingsH7431, that have no rulerH4910 over themH8802?
[15]They take upH5927[H8689] all of them with the angleH2443, they catchH1641[H8799] them in their netH2764, and gatherH622[H8799] them in their dragH4365: therefore they rejoiceH8055[H8799] and are gladH1523.[H8799]
[16]Therefore they sacrificeH2076[H8762] unto their netH2764, and burn incenseH6999[H8762] unto their dragH4365; because by themH1992 their portionH2506 is fatH8082, and their meatH3978 plenteousH1277.
[17]Shall they therefore emptyH7324[H8686] their netH2764, and not spareH2550[H8799] continuallyH8548 to slayH2026[H8800] the nationsH1471?
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