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Habakkuk 1:1--2:20

1:1

The burden
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which Habakkuk
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the prophet
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did see
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1:2

O LORD
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how long shall I cry
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and thou wilt not hear
<08085> (8799)_!

[even] cry out
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unto thee [of] violence
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and thou wilt not save
<03467> (8686)_!

1:3

Why dost thou shew
<07200> (8686)

me iniquity
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and cause [me] to behold
<05027> (8686)

grievance
<05999>_?

for spoiling
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and violence
<02555>

[are] before me: and there are [that] raise up
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strife
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and contention
<04066>_.

1:4

Therefore the law
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is slacked
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and judgment
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doth never
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go forth
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for the wicked
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doth compass
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about the righteous
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therefore wrong
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judgment
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proceedeth
<03318> (8799)_.

{wrong: or, wrested}

1:5

Behold
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ye among the heathen
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and regard
<05027> (8685)_,

and wonder
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marvellously
<08539> (8798)_:

for [I] will work
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a work
<06467>

in your days
<03117>_,

[which] ye will not believe
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though it be told
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[you].

1:6

For, lo, I raise up
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the Chaldeans
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[that] bitter
<04751>

and hasty
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nation
<01471>_,

which shall march
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through the breadth
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of the land
<0776>_,

to possess
<03423> (8800)

the dwellingplaces
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[that are] not theirs. {breadth: Heb. breadths}

1:7

They [are] terrible
<0366>

and dreadful
<03372> (8737)_:

their judgment
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and their dignity
<07613>

shall proceed
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of themselves. {their judgment...: or, from them shall proceed the judgment of these, and the captivity of these}

1:8

Their horses
<05483>

also are swifter
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than the leopards
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and are more fierce
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than the evening
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wolves
<02061>_:

and their horsemen
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shall spread
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themselves, and their horsemen
<06571>

shall come
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from far
<07350>_;

they shall fly
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as the eagle
<05404>

[that] hasteth
<02363> (8804)

to eat
<0398> (8800)_.

{fierce: Heb. sharp}

1:9

They shall come
<0935> (8799)

all for violence
<02555>_:

their faces
<06440>

shall sup up
<04041>

[as] the east wind
<06921>_,

and they shall gather
<0622> (8799)

the captivity
<07628>

as the sand
<02344>_.

{their...: or, the supping up of their faces, etc: or, their faces shall look (Heb. the opposition of their faces) toward the east}

1:10

And they shall scoff
<07046> (8691)

at the kings
<04428>_,

and the princes
<07336> (8802)

shall be a scorn
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unto them: they shall deride
<07832> (8799)

every strong hold
<04013>_;

for they shall heap
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dust
<06083>_,

and take
<03920> (8799)

it.

1:11

Then shall [his] mind
<07307>

change
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and he shall pass over
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and offend
<0816> (8804)_,

[imputing] this
<02098>

his power
<03581>

unto his god
<0433>_.

1:12

[Art] thou not from everlasting
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O LORD
<03068>

my God
<0430>_,

mine Holy One
<06918>_?

we shall not die
<04191> (8799)_.

O LORD
<03068>_,

thou hast ordained
<07760> (8804)

them for judgment
<04941>_;

and, O mighty God
<06697>_,

thou hast established
<03245> (8804)

them for correction
<03198> (8687)_.

{mighty...: Heb. rock} {established: Heb. founded}

1:13

[Thou art] of purer
<02889>

eyes
<05869>

than to behold
<07200> (8800)

evil
<07451>_,

and canst
<03201> (8799)

not look
<05027> (8687)

on iniquity
<05999>_:

wherefore lookest
<05027> (8686)

thou upon them that deal treacherously
<0898> (8802)_,

[and] holdest thy tongue
<02790> (8686)

when the wicked
<07563>

devoureth
<01104> (8763)

[the man that is] more righteous
<06662>

than he? {iniquity: or, grievance}

1:14

And makest
<06213> (8799)

men
<0120>

as the fishes
<01709>

of the sea
<03220>_,

as the creeping things
<07431>_,

[that have] no ruler
<04910> (8802)

over them? {creeping: or, moving}

1:15

They take up
<05927> (8689)

all of them with the angle
<02443>_,

they catch
<01641> (8799)

them in their net
<02764>_,

and gather
<0622> (8799)

them in their drag
<04365>_:

therefore they rejoice
<08055> (8799)

and are glad
<01523> (8799)_.

{drag: or, flue net}

1:16

Therefore they sacrifice
<02076> (8762)

unto their net
<02764>_,

and burn incense
<06999> (8762)

unto their drag
<04365>_;

because by them
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their portion
<02506>

[is] fat
<08082>_,

and their meat
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plenteous
<01277>_.

{plenteous: or, dainty: Heb. fat}

1:17

Shall they therefore empty
<07324> (8686)

their net
<02764>_,

and not spare
<02550> (8799)

continually
<08548>

to slay
<02026> (8800)

the nations
<01471>_?

2:1

I will stand
<05975> (8799)

upon my watch
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and set
<03320> (8691)

me upon the tower
<04692>_,

and will watch
<06822> (8762)

to see
<07200> (8800)

what he will say
<01696> (8762)

unto me, and what I shall answer
<07725> (8686)

when I am reproved
<08433>_.

{tower: Heb. fenced place} {unto me: or, in me} {when...: or, when I am argued with: Heb. upon my reproof, or, arguing}

2:2

And the LORD
<03068>

answered
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me, and said
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Write
<03789> (8798)

the vision
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and make [it] plain
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upon tables
<03871>_,

that he may run
<07323> (8799)

that readeth
<07121> (8802)

it.

2:3

For the vision
<02377>

[is] yet for an appointed time
<04150>_,

but at the end
<07093>

it shall speak
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and not lie
<03576> (8762)_:

though it tarry
<04102> (8698)_,

wait
<02442> (8761)

for it; because it will surely
<0935> (8800)

come
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it will not tarry
<0309> (8762)_.

2:4

Behold, his soul
<05315>

[which] is lifted up
<06075> (8795)

is not upright
<03474> (8804)

in him: but the just
<06662>

shall live
<02421> (8799)

by his faith
<0530>_.

2:5

Yea also, because he transgresseth
<0898> (8802)

by wine
<03196>_,

[he is] a proud
<03093>

man
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neither keepeth at home
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who enlargeth
<07337> (8689)

his desire
<05315>

as hell
<07585>_,

and [is] as death
<04194>_,

and cannot be satisfied
<07646> (8799)_,

but gathereth
<0622> (8799)

unto him all nations
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and heapeth
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unto him all people
<05971>_:

{Yea...: or, How much more}

2:6

Shall not all these take up
<05375> (8799)

a parable
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against him, and a taunting
<04426>

proverb
<02420>

against him, and say
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Woe
<01945>

to him that increaseth
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[that which is] not his! how long? and to him that ladeth
<03513> (8688)

himself with thick clay
<05671>_!

{Woe...: or, Ho, he}

2:7

Shall they not rise up
<06965> (8799)

suddenly
<06621>

that shall bite
<05391> (8802)

thee, and awake
<03364> (8799)

that shall vex
<02111> (8772)

thee, and thou shalt be for booties
<04933>

unto them?

2:8

Because thou hast spoiled
<07997> (8804)

many
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nations
<01471>_,

all the remnant
<03499>

of the people
<05971>

shall spoil
<07997> (8799)

thee; because of men's
<0120>

blood
<01818>_,

and [for] the violence
<02555>

of the land
<0776>_,

of the city
<07151>_,

and of all that dwell
<03427> (8802)

therein. {blood: Heb. bloods}

2:9

Woe
<01945>

to him that coveteth
<01214> (8802)

an evil
<07451>

covetousness
<01215>

to his house
<01004>_,

that he may set
<07760> (8800)

his nest
<07064>

on high
<04791>_,

that he may be delivered
<05337> (8736)

from the power
<03709>

of evil
<07451>_!

{coveteth...: or, gaineth and evil gain} {power...: Heb. palm of the hand}

2:10

Thou hast consulted
<03289> (8804)

shame
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to thy house
<01004>

by cutting off
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many
<07227>

people
<05971>_,

and hast sinned
<02398> (8802)

[against] thy soul
<05315>_.

2:11

For the stone
<068>

shall cry out
<02199> (8799)

of the wall
<07023>_,

and the beam out
<03714>

of the timber
<06086>

shall answer
<06030> (8799)

it. {beam: or, piece, or, fastening} {answer it: or, witness against it}

2:12

Woe
<01945>

to him that buildeth
<01129> (8802)

a town
<05892>

with blood
<01818>_,

and stablisheth
<03559> (8790)

a city
<07151>

by iniquity
<05766>_!

{blood: Heb. bloods}

2:13

Behold, [is it] not of the LORD
<03068>

of hosts
<06635>

that the people
<05971>

shall labour
<03021> (8799)

in the very
<01767>

fire
<0784>_,

and the people
<03816>

shall weary
<03286> (8799)

themselves for very
<01767>

vanity
<07385>_?

{for...: or, in vain?}

2:14

For the earth
<0776>

shall be filled
<04390> (8735)

with the knowledge
<03045> (8800)

of the glory
<03519>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

as the waters
<04325>

cover
<03680> (8762)

the sea
<03220>_.

{with...: or, by knowing the glory}

2:15

Woe
<01945>

unto him that giveth his neighbour
<07453>

drink
<08248> (8688)_,

that puttest
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thy bottle
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to [him], and makest [him] drunken
<07937> (8763)

also, that thou mayest look
<05027> (8687)

on their nakedness
<04589>_!

2:16

Thou art filled
<07646> (8804)

with shame
<07036>

for glory
<03519>_:

drink
<08354> (8798)

thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered
<06188> (8734)_:

the cup
<03563>

of the LORD'S
<03068>

right hand
<03225>

shall be turned
<05437> (8735)

unto thee, and shameful spewing
<07022>

[shall be] on thy glory
<03519>_.

{with...: or, more with shame than with glory}

2:17

For the violence
<02555>

of Lebanon
<03844>

shall cover
<03680> (8762)

thee, and the spoil
<07701>

of beasts
<0929>_,

[which] made them afraid
<02865> (8686)_,

because of men's
<0120>

blood
<01818>_,

and for the violence
<02555>

of the land
<0776>_,

of the city
<07151>_,

and of all that dwell
<03427> (8802)

therein.

2:18

What profiteth
<03276> (8689)

the graven image
<06459>

that the maker
<03335> (8802)

thereof hath graven
<06458> (8804)

it; the molten image
<04541>_,

and a teacher
<03384> (8688)

of lies
<08267>_,

that the maker
<03335> (8802)

of his work
<03336>

trusteth
<0982> (8804)

therein, to make
<06213> (8800)

dumb
<0483>

idols
<0457>_?

{maker of...: Heb. fashioner of his fashion}

2:19

Woe
<01945>

unto him that saith
<0559> (8802)

to the wood
<06086>_,

Awake
<06974> (8685)_;

to the dumb
<01748>

stone
<068>_,

Arise
<05782> (8798)_,

it shall teach
<03384> (8686)_!

Behold, it [is] laid
<08610> (8803)

over with gold
<02091>

and silver
<03701>_,

and [there is] no breath
<07307>

at all in the midst
<07130>

of it.

2:20

But the LORD
<03068>

[is] in his holy
<06944>

temple
<01964>_:

let all the earth
<0776>

keep silence
<02013> (8761)

before
<06440>

him. {let...: Heb. be silent all the earth before him}