HABAKKUK 1:1 The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.
HABAKKUK 1:2 O Lord, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not
hear! {even} cry out unto thee {of} violence, and thou wilt not
save!
HABAKKUK 1:3 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.
HABAKKUK 1:4 Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth
never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous;
therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
HABAKKUK 1:5 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}.
HABAKKUK 1:6 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.
HABAKKUK 1:7 They {are} terrible and dreadful: their judgment and
their dignity shall proceed of themselves.
HABAKKUK 1:8 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.
HABAKKUK 1:9 They shall come all for violence: their faces shall
sup up {as} the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as
the sand.
HABAKKUK 1:10 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.
HABAKKUK 1:11 Then shall {his} mind change, and he shall pass
over, and offend, {imputing} this his power unto his god.
HABAKKUK 1:12 {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.
HABAKKUK 1:13 {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?
HABAKKUK 1:14 And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the
creeping things, {that have} no ruler over them?
HABAKKUK 1:15 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.
HABAKKUK 1:16 Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn
incense unto their drag; because by them their portion {is} fat,
and their meat plenteous.
HABAKKUK 1:17 Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare
continually to slay the nations?
HABAKKUK 2:1 I will stand 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.
HABAKKUK 2:2 And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the
vision, and make {it} plain upon tables, that he may run that
readeth it.
HABAKKUK 2:3 For the vision {is} yet for an appointed time, but
at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for
it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
HABAKKUK 2:4 Behold, his soul {which} is lifted up is not upright
in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
HABAKKUK 2:5 Yea also, because 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:
HABAKKUK 2:6 Shall not all 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!
HABAKKUK 2:7 Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite
thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for
booties unto them?
HABAKKUK 2:8 Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the
remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood,
and {for} the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that
dwell therein.
HABAKKUK 2:9 Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his
house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered
from the power of evil!
HABAKKUK 2:10 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting
off many people, and hast sinned {against} thy soul.
HABAKKUK 2:11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the
beam out of the timber shall answer it.
HABAKKUK 2:12 Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and
stablisheth a city by iniquity!
HABAKKUK 2:13 Behold, {is it} not of the Lord of hosts that the
people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary
themselves for very vanity?
HABAKKUK 2:14 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of
the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
HABAKKUK 2:15 Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that
puttest thy bottle to {him}, and makest {him} drunken also, that
thou mayest look on their nakedness!
HABAKKUK 2:16 Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou
also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the Lord's
right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing {shall
be} on thy glory.
HABAKKUK 2:17 For the violence of Lebanon 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.
HABAKKUK 2:18 What profiteth the graven image that the maker
thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies,
that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
HABAKKUK 2:19 Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the
dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it {is} laid over with
gold and silver, and {there is} no breath at all in the midst of
it.
HABAKKUK 2:20 But the Lord {is} in his holy temple: let all the
earth keep silence before him.
HABAKKUK 3:1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.
HABAKKUK 3:2 O Lord, I have heard thy speech, {and} was afraid: O
Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of
the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.
HABAKKUK 3:3 God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount
Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was
full of his praise.
HABAKKUK 3:4 And {his} brightness was as the light; he had horns
{coming} out of his hand: and there {was} the hiding of his
power.
HABAKKUK 3:5 Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals
went forth at his feet.
HABAKKUK 3:6 He stood, and 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.
HABAKKUK 3:7 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: {and} the
curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
HABAKKUK 3:8 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 chariots of
salvation?
HABAKKUK 3:9 Thy bow was made quite naked, {according} to the
oaths of the tribes, {even thy} word. Selah. Thou didst cleave
the earth with rivers.
HABAKKUK 3:10 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.
HABAKKUK 3:11 The sun {and} moon stood still in their habitation:
at the light of thine arrows they went, {and} at the shining of
thy glittering spear.
HABAKKUK 3:12 Thou didst march through the land in indignation,
thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.
HABAKKUK 3:13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people,
{even} for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head
out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation
unto the neck. Selah.
HABAKKUK 3:14 Thou didst strike through 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.
HABAKKUK 3:15 Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses,
{through} the heap of great waters.
HABAKKUK 3:16 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 cometh
up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.
HABAKKUK 3:17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither
{shall} fruit {be} in the vines; the labour of the olive shall
fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut
off from the fold, and {there shall be} no herd in the stalls:
HABAKKUK 3:18 Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the
God of my salvation.
HABAKKUK 3:19 The Lord God {is} my strength, 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.