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Habakkuk
(King James Version)
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Contents
1 The burden =
which
Habakkuk the prophet did see.
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!
3 Why dost th=
ou
shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violen=
ce
are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.
4 Therefore t=
he law
is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass a=
bout
the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
5 Behold ye a=
mong
the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvelously: for I will work a work in =
your
days which ye will not believe, though it be told you.
6 For, lo, I =
raise
up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through t=
he
breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not their's.
7 They are te=
rrible
and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.=
8 Their horse=
s 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.
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.
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.
11 Then shall his mind cha= nge, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god. <= o:p>
12 Art thou not from
everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou h=
ast
ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them f=
or
correction.
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 devour=
eth
the man that is more righteous than he?
14 And makest men as the f=
ishes
of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
15 They take up all of the=
m with
the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag:
therefore they rejoice and are glad.
16 Therefore they sacrific=
e unto
their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion =
is
fat, and their meat plenteous.
17 Shall they therefore em=
pty
their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
1 I will stan=
d upon
my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say
unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
2 And the LORD
answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, tha=
t he
may run that readeth it.
3 For the vis=
ion is
yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: thou=
gh
it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
4 Behold, his=
soul
which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his fa=
ith.
5 Yea also, b=
ecause
he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who
enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but
gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:
6 Shall not a=
ll
these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and
say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him
that ladeth himself with thick clay!
7 Shall they =
not
rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and t=
hou
shalt be for booties unto them?
8 Because tho=
u hast
spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; becau=
se
of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all t=
hat
dwell therein.
9 Woe to him =
that
coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on hig=
h,
that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
10 Thou hast consulted sha=
me to
thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.
11 For the stone shall cry=
out
of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
12 Woe to him that buildet=
h a
town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
13 Behold, is it not of th=
e LORD
of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall
weary themselves for very vanity?
14 For the earth shall be = filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. <= o:p>
15 Woe unto him that givet=
h his
neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken als=
o,
that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
16 Thou art filled with sh=
ame
for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of t=
he
LORD's right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be =
on
thy glory.
17 For the violence of Leb=
anon
shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because =
of
men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that
dwell therein.
18 What profiteth the grav=
en
image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teache=
r of
lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
19 Woe unto him that saith=
to
the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is la=
id
over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it=
.
20 But the LORD is in his =
holy
temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
1 A prayer of
Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.
2 O LORD, I h=
ave
heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of t=
he
years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.
3 God came fr=
om
Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heav=
ens,
and the earth was full of his praise.
4 And his
brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there=
was
the hiding of his power.
5 Before him =
went
the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.
6 He stood, a=
nd
measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the
everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways=
are
everlasting.
7 I saw the t=
ents
of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble=
.
8 Was the LORD
displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy
wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chari=
ots
of salvation?
9 Thy bow was=
made
quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Th=
ou
didst cleave the earth with rivers.
10 The mountains saw thee,=
and
they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his
voice, and lifted up his hands on high.
11 The sun and moon stood =
still
in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shi=
ning
of thy glittering spear.
12 Thou didst march throug=
h the
land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.
13 Thou wentest forth for =
the
salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou wound=
edst
the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto=
the
neck. Selah.
14 Thou didst strike throu=
gh
with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to
scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.
15 Thou didst walk through=
the
sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters.
16 When I heard, my belly
trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, =
and
I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he come=
th
up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.
17 Although the fig tree s=
hall
not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive s=
hall
fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from t=
he
fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
18 Yet I will rejoice in t=
he
LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
19 The LORD God is my stre=
ngth,
and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon
mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.
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