My LORD’s BibleHabakkuk 1
1The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.
הַמַּשָּׂא אֲשֶׁר חָזָה חֲבַקּוּק הַנָּבִיא׃ (1151)
2O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
עַד־אָנָה יְהוָה שִׁוַּעְתִּי וְלֹא תִשְׁמָע אֶזְעַק אֵלֶיךָ חָמָס וְלֹא תֹושִׁיעַ׃ (2959)
See also: Psalms 22:1-2, Psalms 13:1-2, Psalms 140:1, Lamentations 3:8, Jeremiah 14:9, Job 19:7, Psalms 94:3, Revelation 6:10, Genesis 6:11, Psalms 74:9-10, Ecclesiastes 5:8, Isaiah 14:4, Isaiah 59:6, Acts 21:35
3Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.
לָמָּה תַרְאֵנִי אָוֶן וְעָמָל תַּבִּיט וְשֹׁד וְחָמָס לְנֶגְדִּי וַיְהִי רִיב וּמָדֹון יִשָּׂא׃ (2541)
See also: Psalms 55:9-11, Habakkuk 1:13, Ecclesiastes 5:8, Jeremiah 9:2-6, Jeremiah 20:8, Micah 7:1-4, Psalms 12:1-2, Psalms 73:3-9, Psalms 120:5-6, Ecclesiastes 4:1, Ezekiel 2:6, Matthew 10:16, 2 Peter 2:8, Ecclesiastes 2:17, Isaiah 24:16, Amos 6:12, Zephaniah 3:5, James 3:14
4Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
עַל־כֵּן תָּפוּג תֹּורָה וְלֹא־יֵצֵא לָנֶצַח מִשְׁפָּט כִּי רָשָׁע מַכְתִּיר אֶת־הַצַּדִּיק עַל־כֵּן יֵצֵא מִשְׁפָּט מְעֻקָּל׃ (4835)
See also: Psalms 119:126, Jeremiah 12:1, Deuteronomy 16:19, Job 21:7, Psalms 94:20-21, Isaiah 1:21-23, Isaiah 59:14, Ezekiel 9:9, Isaiah 5:20, Isaiah 59:13-15, Exodus 23:2, Exodus 23:6, Psalms 58:1-2, Ezekiel 22:25-30, Hosea 10:4, Amos 5:12, 2 Peter 3:16, Deuteronomy 25:1, 2 Samuel 4:11, Psalms 59:2
5Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvelously: for I will work a work in your days which ye will not believe, though it be told you.
רְאוּ בַגֹּויִם וְהַבִּיטוּ וְהִתַּמְּהוּ תְּמָהוּ כִּי־פֹעַל פֹּעֵל בִּימֵיכֶם לֹא תַאֲמִינוּ כִּי יְסֻפָּר׃ (2649)
See also: Acts 13:41, Ezekiel 12:25, Acts 13:40-41, Isaiah 29:14, Habakkuk 3:2, Lamentations 4:12, 1 Samuel 3:11, Habakkuk 3:16, Jeremiah 5:12-13, Isaiah 29:9, Jeremiah 9:25-26, Jeremiah 18:18, Jeremiah 25:14-29, Ezekiel 12:22-28, Daniel 9:12, Zephaniah 1:2, Acts 6:13-14, Deuteronomy 4:27, Isaiah 28:21-22, Jeremiah 5:15
6For, 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.
כִּי־הִנְנִי מֵקִים אֶת־הַכַּשְׂדִּים הַגֹּוי הַמַּר וְהַנִּמְהָר הַהֹולֵךְ לְמֶרְחֲבֵי־אֶרֶץ לָרֶשֶׁת מִשְׁכָּנֹות לֹּא־לֹו׃ (4150)
See also: 2 Kings 24:2, 2 Chronicles 36:6, 2 Chronicles 36:17, Jeremiah 5:15, Jeremiah 21:7, Jeremiah 25:9, Deuteronomy 28:49-52, Job 1:17, Isaiah 23:13, Jeremiah 4:6, Jeremiah 13:20, Daniel 7:4, Isaiah 39:6-7, Jeremiah 1:15-16, Jeremiah 4:8, Jeremiah 6:22-23, Jeremiah 21:4, Ezekiel 16:40, Ezekiel 21:31, Ezekiel 28:7
7They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.
אָיֹם וְנֹורָא הוּא מִמֶּנּוּ מִשְׁפָּטֹו וּשְׂאֵתֹו יֵצֵא׃ (1711)
See also: Jeremiah 39:5-9, Daniel 2:31, Deuteronomy 5:19, Deuteronomy 5:27, Isaiah 18:7, Jeremiah 52:9-11, Jeremiah 52:25-27
8Their 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.
וְקַלּוּ מִנְּמֵרִים סוּסָיו וְחַדּוּ מִזְּאֵבֵי עֶרֶב וּפָשׁוּ פָּרָשָׁיו וּפָרָשָׁיו מֵרָחֹוק יָבֹאוּ יָעֻפוּ כְּנֶשֶׁר חָשׁ לֶאֱכֹול׃ (4114)
See also: Job 9:26, Jeremiah 4:13, Lamentations 4:19, Jeremiah 5:6, Zephaniah 3:3, Deuteronomy 28:49, Ezekiel 17:3, Ezekiel 26:11, Hosea 8:1, Leviticus 11:13, Isaiah 5:26-28, Isaiah 30:16, Jeremiah 48:40, Ezekiel 1:4, Ezekiel 17:12, Matthew 24:28, Luke 17:37, Job 39:24, Revelation 13:2
9They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.
כֻּלֹּה לְחָמָס יָבֹוא מְגַמַּת פְּנֵיהֶם קָדִימָה וַיֶּאֱסֹף כַּחֹול שֶׁבִי׃ (1572)
See also: Jeremiah 25:9, Genesis 41:49, Deuteronomy 28:51-52, Judges 7:12, Job 29:18, Psalms 139:18, Isaiah 27:8, Jeremiah 4:7, Jeremiah 4:11, Jeremiah 5:15-17, Jeremiah 15:8, Jeremiah 34:22, Ezekiel 17:10, Ezekiel 19:12, Hosea 1:10, Hosea 13:15, Obadiah 1:16, Habakkuk 1:6, Habakkuk 1:17, Habakkuk 2:5-13
10And 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.
וְהוּא בַּמְּלָכִים יִתְקַלָּס וְרֹזְנִים מִשְׂחָק לֹו הוּא לְכָל־מִבְצָר יִשְׂחָק וַיִּצְבֹּר עָפָר וַיִּלְכְּדָהּ׃ (3132)
See also: 2 Chronicles 36:6, Jeremiah 33:4, 2 Chronicles 36:10, Isaiah 14:16, Jeremiah 32:24, Hosea 10:14, Deuteronomy 2:21, 2 Kings 24:12, 2 Kings 25:6-7, Job 41:28, Jeremiah 52:4-7, Nahum 3:12
11Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god.
אָז חָלַף רוּחַ וַיַּעֲבֹר וְאָשֵׁם זוּ כֹחֹו לֵאלֹהֹו׃ (1094)
See also: Habakkuk 1:16, Daniel 5:20, 1 Samuel 5:2, 2 Chronicles 28:23, Jeremiah 4:11-12, Ezekiel 31:12, Daniel 4:30-34, Daniel 5:3-4
12Art 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.
הֲלֹוא אַתָּה מִקֶּדֶם יְהוָה אֱלֹהַי קְדֹשִׁי לֹא נָמוּת יְהוָה לְמִשְׁפָּט שַׂמְתֹּו וְצוּר לְהֹוכִיחַ יְסַדְתֹּו׃ (3737)
See also: Psalms 118:17, Deuteronomy 32:4, Revelation 15:4, Psalms 90:2, Deuteronomy 33:27, Jeremiah 30:11, Jeremiah 46:28, Psalms 93:2, Isaiah 43:13, Daniel 7:9, Psalms 102:24, Psalms 104:1, Amos 9:8-9, Habakkuk 2:1, Isaiah 43:15, Lamentations 5:19, Ezekiel 30:25, Ezekiel 37:11-14, Hebrews 1:10-12, Hebrews 12:5-6
13Thou 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?
טְהֹור עֵינַיִם מֵרְאֹות רָע וְהַבִּיט אֶל־עָמָל לֹא תוּכָל לָמָּה תַבִּיט בֹּוגְדִים תַּחֲרִישׁ בְּבַלַּע רָשָׁע צַדִּיק מִמֶּנּוּ׃ (4500)
See also: Psalms 5:4-5, Psalms 34:15-16, Psalms 35:17, Jeremiah 12:1-2, Psalms 5:5, Habakkuk 1:3-4, Proverbs 31:8-9, Deuteronomy 32:4, 2 Samuel 4:11, Job 21:7, Psalms 10:15, Psalms 50:3, Zechariah 8:17, 1 Peter 1:15-16, 1 Kings 2:32, Esther 4:14, Job 11:11, Job 15:15, Job 17:8, Psalms 10:1-2
14And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
וַתַּעֲשֶׂה אָדָם כִּדְגֵי הַיָּם כְּרֶמֶשׂ לֹא־מֹשֵׁל בֹּו׃ (1887)
15They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.
כֻּלֹּה בְּחַכָּה הֵעֲלָה יְגֹרֵהוּ בְחֶרְמֹו וְיַאַסְפֵהוּ בְּמִכְמַרְתֹּו עַל־כֵּן יִשְׂמַח וְיָגִיל׃ (2143)
See also: Amos 4:2, Romans 1:21, Isaiah 19:8, Jeremiah 16:16, Hosea 5:1, Psalms 10:9, John 21:6-11, Job 21:7, Job 21:14, Proverbs 12:12, Jeremiah 50:11, Lamentations 2:15-16, Ezekiel 25:6, Ezekiel 26:2, Ezekiel 29:4-5, Ezekiel 35:15, Daniel 4:30, Amos 6:13, Micah 7:2, Habakkuk 2:6
16Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.
עַל־כֵּן יְזַבֵּחַ לְחֶרְמֹו וִיקַטֵּר לְמִכְמַרְתֹּו כִּי בָהֵמָּה שָׁמֵן חֶלְקֹו וּמַאֲכָלֹו בְּרִאָה׃ (2469)
See also: Judges 7:2, Deuteronomy 8:17, Ezekiel 28:3, Daniel 4:30, Habakkuk 1:11, Isaiah 10:13-15, Isaiah 37:24, Ezekiel 28:4, Ezekiel 29:3, Daniel 1:2, Daniel 5:23, Hosea 12:8, Judges 16:24, 1 Samuel 5:2, Job 31:25, Hosea 2:8, Luke 12:19, 1 Samuel 30:23
17Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
הַעַל כֵּן יָרִיק חֶרְמֹו וְתָמִיד לַהֲרֹג גֹּויִם לֹא יַחְמֹול׃ (1631)
See also: Isaiah 14:6, Isaiah 14:16-17, Isaiah 19:8, Jeremiah 25:9-26, Jeremiah 46:1-28, Jeremiah 52:1-34, Ezekiel 25:1-17, Habakkuk 1:9-10, Habakkuk 2:5-8, Habakkuk 2:17