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The Prophet Habakkuk

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The message that Habakkuk the prophet received,
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“Yahweh, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear? I have cried out to you in horror, ‘Violence!’ but you will not save me.
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Why do you make me see iniquity and look upon wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and contention rises up.
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Therefore, the law is weakened, and justice does not last for any time. For the wicked surround the righteous; therefore false justice goes out.” Yahweh replies to Habakkuk

The LORD’s Answer

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“Look at the nations and examine them; be amazed and astonished! For I am surely about to do something in your days that you will not believe when it is reported to you.
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For look! I am about to raise up the Chaldeans-that fierce and impetuous nation-they are marching throughout the breadth of the land to seize homes that were not their own.
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They are terrifying and fearsome; their judgment and splendor proceed from themselves.
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Their horses also are swifter than leopards, quicker than the evening wolves. So their horses stamp, and their horsemen come from a great distance-they fly like an eagle hurrying to eat.
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They all come for violence; their multitudes go like the desert wind, and they gather captives like sand.
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So they mock kings, and rulers are only a mockery for them. They laugh at every stronghold, for they heap up earth and take them.
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Then the wind will rush on; it will move past-guilty men, those whose might is their god.” Habakkuk asks Yahweh another question,

Habakkuk’s Second Complaint

(Psalm 11:1–7)
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“Are you not from ancient times, Yahweh my God, my Holy One? We will not die. Yahweh has ordained them for judgment, and you, Rock, have established them for correction.
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Your eyes are too pure to gaze upon evil, and you are not able to look on wrongdoing with favor; why then have you looked favorably on those who betray? Why are you silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than they are?
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You make men like fish in the sea, like creeping things without a ruler over them.
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They bring up all of them with fishhooks; they drag men away in fishnets and gather them in their net. This is why they rejoice and shout exuberantly.
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Therefore, they sacrifice to their fishing nets and burn incense to their net, for fattened beasts are their portion, and the fatty meat is their food.
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Will they therefore empty their fishing nets and continue to slaughter the nations, feeling no compassion?”
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The revelation which Habakkuk the prophet saw.
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LORD,(a) how long will I cry, and you will not hear? I cry out to you “Violence!” and will you not save?
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Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up.
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Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice comes out perverted.

The LORD’s Answer

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“Look among the nations, watch, and wonder marvelously; for I am working a work in your days which you will not believe though it is told you.
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For, behold,(b) I am raising up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation who march through the width of the earth, to possess dwelling places that are not theirs.
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They are feared and dreaded. Their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.
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Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves. Their horsemen press proudly on. Yes, their horsemen come from afar. They fly as an eagle that hurries to devour.
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All of them come for violence. Their hordes face forward. They gather prisoners like sand.
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Yes, they scoff at kings, and princes are a derision to them. They laugh at every stronghold, for they build up an earthen ramp and take it.
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Then they sweep by like the wind and go on. They are indeed guilty, whose strength is their god.”

Habakkuk’s Second Complaint

(Psalm 11:1–7)
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Aren’t you from everlasting, LORD my God,(c) my Holy One? We will not die. LORD, you have appointed them for judgment. You, Rock, have established him to punish.
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You who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,
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and make men like the fish of the sea, like the creeping things that have no ruler over them?
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He takes up all of them with the hook. He catches them in his net and gathers them in his dragnet. Therefore he rejoices and is glad.
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Therefore he sacrifices to his net and burns incense to his dragnet, because by them his life is luxurious and his food is good.
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Will he therefore continually empty his net, and kill the nations without mercy?

Footnotes

(a)1:2 When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “LORD” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name.
(b)1:6 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
(c)1:12 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
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