Habakkuk 1 : 1 (LXXEN)
The burden which the prophet Ambacum saw.
Habakkuk 1 : 2 (LXXEN)
How long, O Lord, shall I cry out, and thou wilt not hearken? how long shall I cry out to thee being injured, and thou wilt not save?
Habakkuk 1 : 3 (LXXEN)
Wherefore hast thou shown me troubles and griefs to look upon, misery and ungodliness? judgement is before me, and the judge receives a reward.
Habakkuk 1 : 4 (LXXEN)
Therefore the law is frustrated, and judgement proceeds not effectually, for the ungodly man prevails over the just; therefore perverse judgement will proceed.
Habakkuk 1 : 5 (LXXEN)
*Ac 13:41 Behold, ye despisers, and look, and wonder marvelously, and vanish: for I work a work in your days, which ye will in no wise believe, though a man declare it to you.
Habakkuk 1 : 6 (LXXEN)
Wherefore, behold, I stir up the Chaldeans, the bitter and hasty nation, that walks upon the breadth of the earth, to inherit tabernacles not his own.
Habakkuk 1 : 7 (LXXEN)
He is terrible and famous; his judgement shall proceed of himself, and his *Lit. burden dignity shall come out of himself.
Habakkuk 1 : 8 (LXXEN)
And his horses shall bound more swiftly than leopards, and they are fiercer than the wolves of Arabia: and his horsemen shall ride forth, and shall rush from far; and they shall fly as an eagle hasting to eat.
Habakkuk 1 : 9 (LXXEN)
Destruction shall come upon ungodly men, resisting with their adverse front, and he shall gather the captivity as the sand.
Habakkuk 1 : 10 (LXXEN)
And he shall be at his ease with kings, and princes are his toys, and he shall mock at every strong-hold, and shall cast a mound, and take possession of it.
Habakkuk 1 : 11 (LXXEN)
Then shall he change his spirit, and he shall pass through, and make an atonement, saying, This strength belongs to my god.
Habakkuk 1 : 12 (LXXEN)
Art not thou from the beginning, O Lord God, my Holy One? and surely we shall not die. O Lord, thou hast established it for judgement, and he has formed me to chasten with his correction.
Habakkuk 1 : 13 (LXXEN)
His eye is too pure to behold evil doings, and to look upon grievous afflictions: wherefore dost thou look upon despisers? wilt thou be silent when the ungodly swallows up the just?
Habakkuk 1 : 14 (LXXEN)
And wilt thou make men as the fishes of the sea, and as the reptiles which have no guide?
Habakkuk 1 : 15 (LXXEN)
He has brought up destruction with a hook, and drawn one with a casting net, and caught another in his drags: therefore shall his heart rejoice and be glad.
Habakkuk 1 : 16 (LXXEN)
Therefore will he sacrifice to his drag, and burn incense to his casting-net, because by them he has made his portion fat, and his meats choice.
Habakkuk 1 : 17 (LXXEN)
Therefore will he cast his net, and will not spare to slay the nations continually.
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