1 The|strong="H2372" burden|strong="H4853" which|strong="H5030" Habakkuk|strong="H2265" the|strong="H2372" prophet|strong="H5030" did|strong="H5030" see|strong="H2372".
2 O|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068", how|strong="H5704" long|strong="H5704" shall|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5704" cry|strong="H2199", and|strong="H3068" thou|strong="H5704" wilt not|strong="H3808" hear|strong="H8085"? I|strong="H5704" cry|strong="H2199" out|strong="H2199" unto|strong="H3068" thee|strong="H8085" of|strong="H3068" violence|strong="H2555", and|strong="H3068" thou|strong="H5704" wilt not|strong="H3808" save|strong="H3467".
3 Why|strong="H4100" dost thou|strong="H1961" show|strong="H7200" me|strong="H7200" iniquity|strong="H5999", and|strong="H7200" look|strong="H7200" upon|strong="H7200" perverseness|strong="H5999"? for|strong="H1961" destruction|strong="H7701" and|strong="H7200" violence|strong="H2555" are|strong="H4100" before|strong="H5048" me|strong="H7200"; and|strong="H7200" there|strong="H1961" is|strong="H4100" strife|strong="H7379", and|strong="H7200" contention|strong="H4066" riseth up|strong="H5375".
4 Therefore|strong="H3651" the|strong="H5921" law|strong="H8451" is|strong="H7563" slacked|strong="H6313", and|strong="H4941" justice|strong="H4941" doth|strong="H6662" never|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3318" forth|strong="H3318"; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" wicked|strong="H7563" doth|strong="H6662" compass|strong="H3803" about|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" righteous|strong="H6662"; therefore|strong="H3651" justice|strong="H4941" goeth|strong="H3318" forth|strong="H3318" perverted|strong="H6127".
5 Behold|strong="H7200" ye|strong="H3117" among|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" nations|strong="H1471", and|strong="H3117" look|strong="H7200", and|strong="H3117" wonder|strong="H8539" marvelously; for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am working|strong="H6466" a|strong="H3068" work|strong="H6467" in|strong="H3117" your|strong="H7200" days|strong="H3117", which|strong="H1471" ye|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1471" not|strong="H3808" believe though|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3808" told|strong="H5608" you|strong="H3588".
6 For|strong="H3588", lo|strong="H2005", I|strong="H3588" raise|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3588" Chaldeans|strong="H3778", that|strong="H3588" bitter|strong="H4751" and|strong="H1980" hasty|strong="H4116" nation|strong="H1471", that|strong="H3588" march|strong="H1980" through|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3588" breadth|strong="H4800" of|strong="H4908" the|strong="H3588" earth, to|strong="H1980" possess|strong="H3423" dwelling|strong="H4908" places|strong="H4908" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1471" not|strong="H3808" theirs.
7 They|strong="H1931" are|strong="H4941" terrible|strong="H3372" and|strong="H4941" dreadful|strong="H3372"; their|strong="H3318" judgment|strong="H4941" and|strong="H4941" their|strong="H3318" dignity|strong="H7613" proceed|strong="H3318" from|strong="H4480" themselves.
8 Their|strong="H7043" horses|strong="H5483" also are|strong="H5483" swifter|strong="H7043" than|strong="H7043" leopards|strong="H5246", and|strong="H5483" are|strong="H5483" more fierce|strong="H2300" than|strong="H7043" the|strong="H7043" evening|strong="H6153" wolves|strong="H2061"; and|strong="H5483" their|strong="H7043" horsemen|strong="H6571" press proudly on|strong="H5483": yea, their|strong="H7043" horsemen|strong="H6571" come|strong="H7350" from|strong="H7350" far|strong="H7350"; they fly|strong="H5774" as|strong="H6153" an eagle|strong="H5404" that|strong="H6153" hasteth|strong="H2363" to|strong="H2363" devour.
9 They|strong="H3605" come all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H6440" them|strong="H6440" for|strong="H6440" violence|strong="H2555"; the|strong="H3605" set of|strong="H6440" their|strong="H3605" faces|strong="H6440" is|strong="H3605" forward|strong="H6440"; and|strong="H6440" they|strong="H3605" gather captives|strong="H7628" as|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" sand|strong="H2344".
10 Yea, he|strong="H1931" scoffeth at|strong="H4428" kings|strong="H4428", and|strong="H4428" princes|strong="H7336" are|strong="H4428" a|strong="H3068" derision|strong="H7832" unto|strong="H4428" him|strong="H1931"; he|strong="H1931" derideth every|strong="H3605" stronghold; for|strong="H4428" he|strong="H1931" heapeth up|strong="H6651" dust|strong="H6083", and|strong="H4428" taketh|strong="H3920" it|strong="H1931".
11 Then|strong="H5674" shall|strong="H7307" he|strong="H7307" sweep|strong="H2498" by|strong="H5674" as a|strong="H3068" wind|strong="H7307", and|strong="H5674" shall|strong="H7307" pass|strong="H5674" over|strong="H5674", and|strong="H5674" be|strong="H7307" guilty, even he|strong="H7307" whose|strong="H2098" might|strong="H3581" is|strong="H7307" his|strong="H5674" god.
12 Art|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" thou|strong="H7760" from|strong="H3068" everlasting|strong="H6924", O|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", my|strong="H3068" Holy|strong="H6918" One|strong="H6918"? we|strong="H3068" shall|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191". O|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068", thou|strong="H7760" hast ordained|strong="H7760" him|strong="H7760" for|strong="H3068" judgment|strong="H4941"; and|strong="H3068" thou|strong="H7760", O|strong="H3068" Rock|strong="H6697", hast established|strong="H3245" him|strong="H7760" for|strong="H3068" correction|strong="H3198".
13 Thou|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" art of|strong="H5869" purer eyes|strong="H5869" than|strong="H4480" to|strong="H3201" behold|strong="H7200" evil|strong="H7451", and|strong="H5869" that|strong="H7200" canst|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" look|strong="H7200" on|strong="H7200" perverseness|strong="H5999", wherefore|strong="H4100" lookest|strong="H5027" thou|strong="H7200" upon|strong="H7200" them|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" deal treacherously, and|strong="H5869" holdest thy|strong="H7200" peace|strong="H2790" when|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" wicked|strong="H7563" swalloweth up|strong="H1104" the|strong="H7200" man|strong="H7563" that|strong="H7200" is|strong="H4100" more|strong="H4480" righteous|strong="H6662" than|strong="H4480" he|strong="H4480";
14 and|strong="H6213" makest|strong="H6213" men|strong="H6213" as|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" fish|strong="H1709" of|strong="H3220" the|strong="H6213" sea|strong="H3220", as|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" creeping|strong="H7431" things|strong="H7431", that|strong="H7431" have|strong="H4910" no|strong="H3808" ruler|strong="H4910" over|strong="H4910" them|strong="H6213"?
15 He|strong="H3651" taketh up|strong="H5927" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" angle|strong="H2443", he|strong="H3651" catcheth them|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" net|strong="H2764", and|strong="H5927" gathereth them|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" drag|strong="H1641": therefore|strong="H3651" he|strong="H3651" rejoiceth|strong="H8055" and|strong="H5927" is|strong="H3651" glad|strong="H8055".
16 Therefore|strong="H3651" he|strong="H3588" sacrificeth|strong="H2076" unto|strong="H6999" his|strong="H5921" net|strong="H2764", and|strong="H2076" burneth incense|strong="H6999" unto|strong="H6999" his|strong="H5921" drag|strong="H4365"; because|strong="H3588" by|strong="H5921" them|strong="H1992" his|strong="H5921" portion|strong="H2506" is|strong="H3651" fat|strong="H1277", and|strong="H2076" his|strong="H5921" food|strong="H3978" plenteous|strong="H8082".
17 Shall|strong="H1471" he|strong="H3651" therefore|strong="H3651" empty|strong="H7324" his|strong="H5921" net|strong="H2764", and|strong="H1471" spare|strong="H2550" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5921" slay|strong="H2026" the|strong="H5921" nations|strong="H1471" continually|strong="H8548"?