Dual Panel1The burden <04853> which Habakkuk <02265> the prophet <05030> did see <02372> (8804)_.
2O 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)_!
3Why 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>_.
4Therefore 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)_. {wrong: or, wrested}
5Behold <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].
6For, 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. {breadth: Heb. breadths}
7They [are] terrible <0366> and dreadful <03372> (8737)_: their judgment <04941> and their dignity <07613> shall proceed <03318> (8799) of themselves. {their judgment...: or, from them shall proceed the judgment of these, and the captivity of these}
8Their 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)_. {fierce: Heb. sharp}
9They 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>_. {their...: or, the supping up of their faces, etc: or, their faces shall look (Heb. the opposition of their faces) toward the east}
10And 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.
11Then 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)_. {mighty...: Heb. rock} {established: Heb. founded}
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? {iniquity: or, grievance}
14And 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? {creeping: or, moving}
15They 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)_. {drag: or, flue net}
16Therefore 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>_. {plenteous: or, dainty: Heb. fat}
17Shall they therefore empty <07324> (8686) their net <02764>_, and not spare <02550> (8799) continually <08548> to slay <02026> (8800) the nations <01471>_?