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Text -- Habakkuk 1:7-17 (NET)
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1:7 They are frightening and terrifying ; they decide for themselves what is right .
1:8 Their horses are faster than leopards and more alert than wolves in the desert . Their horses gallop , their horses come a great distance ; like a vulture they swoop down quickly to devour their prey.
1:9 All of them intend to do violence ; every face is determined . They take prisoners as easily as one scoops up sand .
1:10 They mock kings and laugh at rulers . They laugh at every fortified city; they build siege ramps and capture them.
1:11 They sweep by like the wind and pass on . But the one who considers himself a god will be held guilty .”
Habakkuk Voices Some Concerns
1:12 Lord , you have been active from ancient times ; my sovereign God , you are immortal . Lord , you have made them your instrument of judgment . Protector , you have appointed them as your instrument of punishment .
1:13 You are too just to tolerate evil ; you are unable to condone wrongdoing . So why do you put up with such treacherous people ? Why do you say nothing when the wicked devour those more righteous than they are?
1:14 You made people like fish in the sea , like animals in the sea that have no ruler .
1:15 The Babylonian tyrant pulls them all up with a fishhook ; he hauls them in with his throw net . When he catches them in his dragnet , he is very happy .
1:16 Because of his success he offers sacrifices to his throw net and burns incense to his dragnet ; for because of them he has plenty of food , and more than enough to eat .
1:17 Will he then continue to fill and empty his throw net ? Will he always destroy nations and spare none ?
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NET Notes -> Hab 1:7; Hab 1:8; Hab 1:8; Hab 1:8; Hab 1:8; Hab 1:8; Hab 1:8; Hab 1:9; Hab 1:9; Hab 1:9; Hab 1:10; Hab 1:11; Hab 1:11; Hab 1:12; Hab 1:12; Hab 1:12; Hab 1:12; Hab 1:12; Hab 1:12; Hab 1:12; Hab 1:13; Hab 1:13; Hab 1:13; Hab 1:13; Hab 1:13; Hab 1:13; Hab 1:14; Hab 1:15; Hab 1:15; Hab 1:15; Hab 1:15; Hab 1:16; Hab 1:16; Hab 1:16; Hab 1:16; Hab 1:17; Hab 1:17; Hab 1:17; Hab 1:17; Hab 1:17
NET Notes: Hab 1:7 Heb “from him his justice, even his lifting up, goes out.” In this context שְׂאֵת (sÿ’et) p...
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NET Notes: Hab 1:8 Heb “they fly like a vulture/an eagle quickly to devour.” The direct object “their prey” is not included in the Hebrew text bu...
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NET Notes: Hab 1:10 Heb “they heap up dirt.” This is a reference to the piling up of earthen ramps in the process of laying siege to a fortified city.
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NET Notes: Hab 1:11 Heb “and guilty is the one whose strength is his god.” This assumes that אָשֵׁם (’ashem) is a pr...
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NET Notes: Hab 1:14 The Hebrew word רֶמֶשׂ (remesh) usually refers to animals that creep, but here the referent seems to be marine ani...
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NET Notes: Hab 1:15 Heb “Therefore he is happy and rejoices.” Here two synonyms are joined for emphasis.
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