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1 # The burden <04853> which Habakkuk <02265> the prophet <05030> did see <02372> (8804).
2 O LORD <03068>, how long shall I cry <07768> (8765), and thou wilt not hear <08085> (8799)! even cry out <02199> (8799) unto thee of violence <02555>, and thou wilt not save <03467> (8686)!
3 Why dost thou shew <07200> (8686) me iniquity <0205>, and cause me to behold <05027> (8686) grievance <05999>? for spoiling <07701> and violence <02555> are before me: and there are that raise up <05375> (8799) strife <07379> and contention <04066>.
4 Therefore the law <08451> is slacked <06313> (8799), and judgment <04941> doth never <05331> go forth <03318> (8799): for the wicked <07563> doth compass <03803> (8688) about the righteous <06662>; therefore wrong <06127> (8794) judgment <04941> proceedeth <03318> (8799).
5 # Behold <07200> (8798) ye among the heathen <01471>, and regard <05027> (8685), and wonder <08539> (8690) marvellously <08539> (8798): for I will work <06466> (8802) a work <06467> in your days <03117>, which ye will not believe <0539> (8686), though it be told <05608> (8792) you.
6 For, lo, I raise up <06965> (8688) the Chaldeans <03778>, that bitter <04751> and hasty <04116> (8737) nation <01471>, which shall march <01980> (8802) through the breadth <04800> of the land <0776>, to possess <03423> (8800) the dwellingplaces <04908> that are not theirs.
7 They are terrible <0366> and dreadful <03372> (8737): their judgment <04941> and their dignity <07613> shall proceed <03318> (8799) of themselves.
8 Their horses <05483> also are swifter <07043> (8804) than the leopards <05246>, and are more fierce <02300> (8804) than the evening <06153> wolves <02061>: and their horsemen <06571> shall spread <06335> (8804) themselves, and their horsemen <06571> shall come <0935> (8799) from far <07350>; they shall fly <05774> (8799) as the eagle <05404> that hasteth <02363> (8804) to eat <0398> (8800).
9 They shall come <0935> (8799) all for violence <02555>: their faces <06440> shall sup up <04041> as the east wind <06921>, and they shall gather <0622> (8799) the captivity <07628> as the sand <02344>.
10 And they shall scoff <07046> (8691) at the kings <04428>, and the princes <07336> (8802) shall be a scorn <04890> unto them: they shall deride <07832> (8799) every strong hold <04013>; for they shall heap <06651> (8799) dust <06083> , and take <03920> (8799) it.
11 Then shall his mind <07307> change <02498> (8804), and he shall pass over <05674> (8799), and offend <0816> (8804), imputing this <02098> his power <03581> unto his god <0433>.
12 # Art thou not from everlasting <06924>, O LORD <03068> my God <0430>, mine Holy One <06918>? we shall not die <04191> (8799). O LORD <03068>, thou hast ordained <07760> (8804) them for judgment <04941>; and, O mighty God <06697> , thou hast established <03245> (8804) them for correction <03198> (8687).
13 Thou art of purer <02889> eyes <05869> than to behold <07200> (8800) evil <07451>, and canst <03201> (8799) not look <05027> (8687) on iniquity <05999>: wherefore lookest <05027> (8686) thou upon them that deal treacherously <0898> (8802), and holdest thy tongue <02790> (8686) when the wicked <07563> devoureth <01104> (8763) the man that is more righteous <06662> than he?
14 And makest <06213> (8799) men <0120> as the fishes <01709> of the sea <03220>, as the creeping things <07431>, that have no ruler <04910> (8802) over them?
15 They take up <05927> (8689) all of them with the angle <02443>, they catch <01641> (8799) them in their net <02764>, and gather <0622> (8799) them in their drag <04365>: therefore they rejoice <08055> (8799) and are glad <01523> (8799).
16 Therefore they sacrifice <02076> (8762) unto their net <02764>, and burn incense <06999> (8762) unto their drag <04365>; because by them <01992> their portion <02506> is fat <08082>, and their meat <03978> plenteous <01277>.
17 Shall they therefore empty <07324> (8686) their net <02764>, and not spare <02550> (8799) continually <08548> to slay <02026> (8800) the nations <01471>?