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Habbakkuk 1

Chaldeans Used to Punish Judah

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The  1 aoracle which Habakkuk the prophet saw.

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 aHow long, O LORD, will I call for help, And You will not hear? I cry out to You, "Violence!" Yet You do  bnot save.

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Why do You make me  asee iniquity, And cause me to look on wickedness? Yes,  bdestruction and violence are before me;  cStrife exists and contention arises.

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Therefore the  alaw is  1ignored And justice  2is never upheld. For the wicked  bsurround the righteous; Therefore justice comes out  cperverted.

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aLook among the nations! Observe! Be astonished!  bWonder! Because I am doing  csomething in your days-- You would not believe if  1you were told.

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"For behold, I am  araising up the Chaldeans, That  1fierce and impetuous people Who march  2throughout the earth To  3 bseize dwelling places which are not theirs.

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"They are dreaded and  afeared; Their  bjustice and  1authority  2originate with themselves.

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"Their  ahorses are swifter than leopards And  1keener than  bwolves in the evening. Their  2horsemen come galloping, Their horsemen come from afar; They fly like an  ceagle swooping down to devour.

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"All of them come for violence.  1Their horde of  afaces moves forward. They collect captives like sand.

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"They  amock at kings And rulers are a laughing matter to them. They  blaugh at every fortress And  cheap up rubble to capture it.

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"Then they will sweep through like the  awind and pass on. But they will be held  bguilty, They whose  cstrength is their god."

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Are You not from  aeverlasting, O LORD, my God, my Holy One? We will not die. You, O LORD, have  bappointed them to judge; And You, O  cRock, have established them to correct.

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Your eyes are too  apure to  1approve evil, And You can not look on wickedness with favor. Why do You  blook with favor On those who deal  ctreacherously? Why are You  dsilent when the wicked  eswallow up Those more righteous than they?

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Why have You made men like the fish of the sea, Like creeping things without a ruler over them?

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The Chaldeans  abring all of them up with a hook,  bDrag them away with their net, And gather them together in their fishing net. Therefore they rejoice and are glad.

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Therefore they offer a sacrifice to their net And  1burn incense to their fishing net; Because through  athese things their  2catch is  3large, And their food is  4plentiful.

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Will they therefore empty their  anet And continually  bslay nations without sparing?



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