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Habakkuk 1
The
burden
which
Habakkuk
the
prophet
did
see.
2 O
Lord,
a
how
long
shall
I
cry,
and
thou
wilt
not
hear!
even
cry
out
unto
thee
of
b
violence,
and
thou
wilt
not
save!
3 Why
dost
thou
shew
me
iniquity,
and
cause
me
to
behold
grievance?
for
spoiling
and
violence
are
before
me:
and
there
are
that
raise
up
a
strife
and
contention.
4 Therefore
the
law
a
is
slacked,
and
judgment
doth
never
go
forth:
for
the
wicked
doth
compass
about
the
righteous;
therefore
wrong
judgment
proceedeth.
5 Behold
ye
among
the
heathen,
and
regard,
and
wonder
marvellously:
for
I
will
work
a
a
work
in
your
days,
which
ye
will
not
believe,
though
it
be
told
you.
6 For,
lo,
I
raise
up
the
Chaldeans,
that
bitter
and
hasty
nation,
which
shall
march
through
the
breadth
of
the
land,
to
possess
the
dwellingplaces
that
are
not
theirs.
7 They
are
terrible
and
dreadful:
their
judgment
and
their
dignity
a
shall
proceed
of
themselves.
8 Their
horses
also
are
swifter
than
the
leopards,
and
are
more
fierce
than
the
evening
wolves:
and
their
horsemen
shall
spread
themselves,
and
their
horsemen
shall
come
from
far;
they
shall
fly
as
the
eagle
that
hasteth
to
eat.
9 They
shall
come
all
for
violence:
their
faces
shall
sup
up
as
the
east
wind,
and
they
shall
gather
a
the
captivity
as
the
sand.
10 And
they
shall
scoff
at
the
kings,
and
the
princes
shall
be
a
scorn
unto
them:
they
shall
deride
every
strong
hold;
for
they
shall
heap
dust,
and
take
it.
11 Then
shall
his
a
mind
change,
and
he
shall
pass
over,
and
offend,
imputing
this
his
power
unto
his
god.
12 Art
thou
not
from
everlasting,
O
Lord
my
God,
mine
Holy
One?
we
shall
not
die.
O
Lord,
thou
hast
ordained
them
for
judgment;
and,
O
mighty
God,
thou
hast
established
them
for
correction.
13 Thou
art
of
purer
eyes
than
to
behold
evil,
and
canst
not
look
on
iniquity:
wherefore
lookest
thou
upon
them
that
deal
treacherously,
and
holdest
thy
tongue
when
the
wicked
devoureth
the
man
that
is
more
righteous
than
he?
14 And
makest
men
as
the
fishes
of
the
sea,
as
the
creeping
things,
that
have
no
ruler
over
them?
15 They
take
up
all
of
them
with
the
a
angle,
they
catch
them
in
their
net,
and
gather
them
in
their
b
drag:
therefore
they
rejoice
and
are
glad.
16 Therefore
they
sacrifice
unto
their
net,
and
burn
incense
unto
their
drag;
because
by
them
their
portion
is
fat,
and
their
meat
plenteous.
17 Shall
they
therefore
empty
their
net,
and
not
spare
continually
to
slay
the
nations?
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