▲1.1 The burden H4853 which Habakkuk H2265 the prophet H5030 did see H2372. 1.2 O LORD H3068, how long shall I cry H7768, and thou wilt not hear H8085! [even] cry out H2199 unto thee [of] violence H2555, and thou wilt not save H3467! 1.3 Why
dost thou shew H7200 me
iniquity H205, and cause [me]
to behold H5027 grievance H5999? for spoiling H7701 and violence H2555 [are] before me: and there are
[that] raise up H5375 strife H7379 and contention H4066. 1.4
Therefore the law H8451 is
slacked H6313, and judgment H4941 doth never H5331 go forth H3318:
for the wicked H7563 doth
compass H3803 about the
righteous H6662; therefore
wrong H6127 judgment H4941 proceedeth H3318. 1.5 Behold H7200 ye among the heathen H1471, and regard H5027, and wonder H8539 marvellously H8539: for [I] will work H6466 a work H6467
in your days H3117, [which] ye
will not believe H539, though
it be told H5608 [you]. 1.6 For,
lo, I raise up H6965 the
Chaldeans H3778, [that] bitter
H4751 and hasty H4116 nation H1471,
which shall march H1980
through the breadth H4800 of
the land H776, to possess H3423 the dwellingplaces H4908 [that are] not theirs. 1.7 They
[are] terrible H366 and
dreadful H3372: their judgment
H4941 and their
dignity H7613 shall proceed H3318 of themselves. 1.8 Their
horses H5483 also are swifter H7043 than the leopards H5246, and are more fierce H2300 than the evening H6153 wolves H2061:
and their horsemen H6571 shall
spread H6335 themselves, and
their horsemen H6571 shall
come H935 from far H7350; they shall fly H5774 as the eagle H5404 [that] hasteth H2363 to eat H398. 1.9 They
shall come H935 all for
violence H2555: their faces H6440 shall sup up H4041 [as] the east wind H6921, and they shall gather H622 the captivity H7628 as the sand H2344. 1.10 And
they shall scoff H7046 at the
kings H4428, and the princes H7336 shall be a scorn H4890 unto them: they shall deride H7832 every strong hold H4013; for they shall heap H6651 dust H6083,
and take H3920 it. 1.11 Then
shall [his] mind H7307 change H2498, and he shall pass over H5674, and offend H816, [imputing] this H2098 his power H3581 unto his god H433. 1.12 [Art]
thou not from everlasting H6924,
O LORD H3068 my God H430, mine Holy One H6918? we shall not die H4191. O LORD H3068,
thou hast ordained H7760 them
for judgment H4941; and, O
mighty God H6697, thou hast
established H3245 them for
correction H3198. 1.13 [Thou
art] of purer H2889 eyes H5869 than to behold H7200 evil H7451,
and canst H3201 not look H5027 on iniquity H5999: wherefore lookest H5027 thou upon them that deal
treacherously H898, [and]
holdest thy tongue H2790 when
the wicked H7563 devoureth H1104 [the man that is] more righteous H6662 than he? 1.14 And
makest H6213 men H120 as the fishes H1709 of the sea H3220, as the creeping things H7431, [that have] no ruler H4910 over them? 1.15 They
take up H5927 all of them with
the angle H2443, they catch H1641 them in their net H2764, and gather H622 them in their drag H4365: therefore they rejoice H8055 and are glad H1523. 1.16
Therefore they sacrifice H2076
unto their net H2764, and burn
incense H6999 unto their drag H4365; because by them H1992 their portion H2506 [is] fat H8082,
and their meat H3978 plenteous
H1277. 1.17 Shall
they therefore empty H7324
their net H2764, and not spare
H2550 continually H8548 to slay H2026
the nations H1471? ▲2.1 I will stand H5975 upon my watch H4931, and set H3320
me upon the tower H4692, and
will watch H6822 to see H7200 what he will say H1696 unto me, and what I shall answer H7725 when I am reproved H8433. 2.2 And the
LORD H3068 answered H6030 me, and said H559, Write H3789
the vision H2377, and make
[it] plain H874 upon tables H3871, that he may run H7323 that readeth H7121 it. 2.3 For the
vision H2377 [is] yet for an
appointed time H4150, but at
the end H7093 it shall speak H6315, and not lie H3576: though it tarry H4102, wait H2442
for it; because it will surely H935
come H935, it will not tarry H309. 2.4 Behold,
his soul H5315 [which] is
lifted up H6075 is not upright
H3474 in him: but
the just H6662 shall live H2421 by his faith H530. 2.5 Yea
also, because he transgresseth H898
by wine H3196, [he is] a proud
H3093 man H1397, neither keepeth at home H5115, who enlargeth H7337 his desire H5315 as hell H7585,
and [is] as death H4194, and
cannot be satisfied H7646, but
gathereth H622 unto him all
nations H1471, and heapeth H6908 unto him all people H5971: 2.6 Shall
not all these take up H5375 a
parable H4912 against him, and
a taunting H4426 proverb H2420 against him, and say H559, Woe H1945
to him that increaseth H7235
[that which is] not his! how long? and to him that ladeth H3513 himself with thick clay H5671! 2.7 Shall
they not rise up H6965
suddenly H6621 that shall bite
H5391 thee, and
awake H3364 that shall vex H2111 thee, and thou shalt be for booties
H4933 unto them? 2.8 Because
thou hast spoiled H7997 many H7227 nations H1471,
all the remnant H3499 of the
people H5971 shall spoil H7997 thee; because of men's H120 blood H1818,
and [for] the violence H2555
of the land H776, of the city H7151, and of all that dwell H3427 therein. 2.9 Woe H1945 to him that coveteth H1214 an evil H7451
covetousness H1215 to his
house H1004, that he may set H7760 his nest H7064
on high H4791, that he may be
delivered H5337 from the power
H3709 of evil H7451! 2.10 Thou
hast consulted H3289 shame H1322 to thy house H1004 by cutting off H7096 many H7227
people H5971, and hast sinned H2398 [against] thy soul H5315. 2.11 For
the stone H68 shall cry out H2199 of the wall H7023, and the beam out H3714 of the timber H6086 shall answer H6030 it. 2.12 Woe H1945 to him that buildeth H1129 a town H5892
with blood H1818, and
stablisheth H3559 a city H7151 by iniquity H5766! 2.13
Behold, [is it] not of the LORD H3068
of hosts H6635 that the people
H5971 shall labour H3021 in the very H1767 fire H784,
and the people H3816 shall
weary H3286 themselves for
very H1767 vanity H7385? 2.14 For
the earth H776 shall be filled
H4390 with the
knowledge H3045 of the glory H3519 of the LORD H3068, as the waters H4325 cover H3680
the sea H3220. 2.15 Woe H1945 unto him that giveth his neighbour H7453 drink H8248,
that puttest H5596 thy bottle H2573 to [him], and makest [him] drunken H7937 also, that thou mayest look H5027 on their nakedness H4589! 2.16 Thou
art filled H7646 with shame H7036 for glory H3519: drink H8354
thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered H6188:
the cup H3563 of the LORD'S H3068 right hand H3225 shall be turned H5437 unto thee, and shameful spewing H7022 [shall be] on thy glory H3519. 2.17 For
the violence H2555 of Lebanon H3844 shall cover H3680 thee, and the spoil H7701 of beasts H929, [which] made them afraid H2865, because of men's H120 blood H1818,
and for the violence H2555 of
the land H776, of the city H7151, and of all that dwell H3427 therein. 2.18 What
profiteth H3276 the graven
image H6459 that the maker H3335 thereof hath graven H6458 it; the molten image H4541, and a teacher H3384 of lies H8267,
that the maker H3335 of his
work H3336 trusteth H982 therein, to make H6213 dumb H483
idols H457? 2.19 Woe H1945 unto him that saith H559 to the wood H6086, Awake H6974;
to the dumb H1748 stone H68, Arise H5782,
it shall teach H3384! Behold,
it [is] laid H8610 over with
gold H2091 and silver H3701, and [there is] no breath H7307 at all in the midst H7130 of it. 2.20 But
the LORD H3068 [is] in his
holy H6944 temple H1964: let all the earth H776 keep silence H2013 before H6440
him. ▲3.1 A prayer H8605 of Habakkuk H2265 the prophet H5030 upon Shigionoth H7692. 3.2 O LORD H3068, I have heard H8085 thy speech H8088, [and] was afraid H3372: O LORD H3068,
revive H2421 thy work H6467 in the midst H7130 of the years H8141, in the midst H7130 of the years H8141 make known H3045; in wrath H7267 remember H2142
mercy H7355. 3.3 God H433 came H935
from Teman H8487, and the Holy
One H6918 from mount H2022 Paran H6290.
Selah H5542. His glory H1935 covered H3680
the heavens H8064, and the
earth H776 was full H4390 of his praise H8416. 3.4 And
[his] brightness H5051 was as
the light H216; he had horns H7161 [coming] out of his hand H3027: and there [was] the hiding H2253 of his power H5797. 3.5 Before H6440 him went H3212
the pestilence H1698, and
burning coals H7565 went forth
H3318 at his feet H7272. 3.6 He
stood H5975, and measured H4128 the earth H776: he beheld H7200, and drove asunder H5425 the nations H1471; and the everlasting H5703 mountains H2042 were scattered H6327, the perpetual H5769 hills H1389
did bow H7817: his ways H1979 [are] everlasting H5769. 3.7 I saw H7200 the tents H168 of Cushan H3572
in affliction H205: [and] the
curtains H3407 of the land H776 of Midian H4080
did tremble H7264. 3.8 Was the
LORD H3068 displeased H2734 against the rivers H5104? [was] thine anger H639 against the rivers H5104? [was] thy wrath H5678 against the sea H3220, that thou didst ride H7392 upon thine horses H5483 [and] thy chariots H4818 of salvation H3444? 3.9 Thy bow
H7198 was made
quite H6181 naked H5783, [according] to the oaths H7621 of the tribes H4294, [even thy] word H562. Selah H5542.
Thou didst cleave H1234 the
earth H776 with rivers H5104. 3.10 The
mountains H2022 saw H7200 thee, [and] they trembled H2342: the overflowing H2230 of the water H4325 passed by H5674: the deep H8415 uttered H5414
his voice H6963, [and] lifted
up H5375 his hands H3027 on high H7315. 3.11 The
sun H8121 [and] moon H3394 stood still H5975 in their habitation H2073: at the light H216 of thine arrows H2671 they went H1980, [and] at the shining H5051 of thy glittering H1300 spear H2595. 3.12 Thou
didst march through H6805 the
land H776 in indignation H2195, thou didst thresh H1758 the heathen H1471 in anger H639. 3.13 Thou
wentest forth H3318 for the
salvation H3468 of thy people H5971, [even] for salvation H3468 with thine anointed H4899; thou woundedst H4272 the head H7218
out of the house H1004 of the
wicked H7563, by discovering H6168 the foundation H3247 unto the neck H6677. Selah H5542. 3.14 Thou
didst strike through H5344
with his staves H4294 the head
H7218 of his
villages H6518: they came out
as a whirlwind H5590 to
scatter H6327 me: their
rejoicing H5951 [was] as to
devour H398 the poor H6041 secretly H4565. 3.15 Thou
didst walk H1869 through the
sea H3220 with thine horses H5483, [through] the heap H2563 of great H7227
waters H4325. 3.16 When I
heard H8085, my belly H990 trembled H7264;
my lips H8193 quivered H6750 at the voice H6963: rottenness H7538 entered H935
into my bones H6106, and I
trembled H7264 in myself, that
I might rest H5117 in the day H3117 of trouble H6869: when he cometh up H5927 unto the people H5971, he will invade them with his
troops H1464. 3.17
Although the fig tree H8384
shall not blossom H6524,
neither [shall] fruit H2981
[be] in the vines H1612; the
labour H4639 of the olive H2132 shall fail H3584, and the fields H7709 shall yield H6213 no meat H400;
the flock H6629 shall be cut
off H1504 from the fold H4356, and [there shall be] no herd H1241 in the stalls H7517: 3.18 Yet I
will rejoice H5937 in the LORD
H3068, I will joy H1523 in the God H430 of my salvation H3468. 3.19 The
LORD H3069 God H136 [is] my strength H2428, and he will make H7760 my feet H7272
like hinds' H355 [feet], and
he will make me to walk H1869
upon mine high places H1116.
To the chief singer H5329 on
my stringed instruments H5058.