The Prophet’s Question
aAnd You will not hear?
Even cry out to You, b“Violence!”
And You will cnot save.
And cause me to see1 trouble?
For plundering and violence are before me;
There is strife, and contention arises.
And justice never goes forth.
For the awicked surround the righteous;
Therefore perverse judgment proceeds.
The Lord’s Reply
Be utterly astounded!
For I will work a work in your days
Which you would not believe, though it were told you.
A bitter and hasty bnation
Which marches through the breadth of the earth,
To possess dwelling places that are not theirs.
And more fierce than evening wolves.
Their chargers2 charge ahead;
Their cavalry comes from afar;
They fly as the beagle that hastens to eat.
Their faces are set like the east wind.
They gather captives like sand.
And princes are scorned by them.
They deride every stronghold,
For they heap up earthen mounds and seize it.
He commits offense,
aAscribing this power to his god.”
The Prophet’s Second Question
O Lord my God, my Holy One?
We shall not die.
O Lord, bYou have appointed them for judgment;
O Rock, You have marked them for ccorrection.
And cannot look on wickedness.
Why do You look on those who deal treacherously,
And hold Your tongue when the wicked devours
A person more righteous than he?
They catch them in their net,
And gather them in their dragnet.
Therefore they rejoice and are glad.
And burn incense to their dragnet;
Because by them their share is1 sumptuous
And their food plentiful.
And continue to slay nations without pity?
| << Nahum 3:19 | Habakkuk 1:2 >> |
American Standard Version
The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.
Amplified® Bible
THE BURDEN {or} oracle (the thing to be lifted up) which Habakkuk the prophet saw.
Contemporary English Version
I am Habakkuk the prophet. And this is the message that the LORD gave me.
Darby English Version
The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.
Good News Bible
This is the message that the LORD revealed to the prophet Habakkuk.
King James Version
The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.
New American Standard Bible
The oracle which Habakkuk the prophet saw.
New International Version
The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet received.
New King James Version
The burden which the prophet Habakkuk saw.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
The oracle which Habakkuk the prophet saw.
Revised Standard Version
The oracle of God which Habak'kuk the prophet saw.
Young's Literal Translation
The burden that Habakkuk the prophet hath seen:
New English Translation
The following is the message1 which God revealed to Habakkuk the prophet:2
| << Nahum 3:19 | Habakkuk 1:2 >> |
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