\id HAB 35-HAB-web.sfm World English Bible (WEB) \ide UTF-8 \h Habakkuk \toc1 The Book of Habakkuk \toc2 Habakkuk \toc3 Hab \mt2 The Book of \mt1 Habakkuk \c 1 \p \v 1 \w The|strong="H2372"\w* revelation \w which|strong="H5030"\w* \w Habakkuk|strong="H2265"\w* \w the|strong="H2372"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w saw|strong="H2372"\w*. \v 2 \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*,\f + \fr 1:2 \ft When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “LORD” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name (Hebrew “\+wh יהוה\+wh*”, usually pronounced Yahweh).\f* \w how|strong="H5704"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w cry|strong="H2199"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*? \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w cry|strong="H2199"\w* \w out|strong="H2199"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* “\w Violence|strong="H2555"\w*!” \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w save|strong="H3467"\w*? \v 3 \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H7200"\w* \w show|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5999"\w*, \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w look|strong="H7200"\w* \w at|strong="H7200"\w* perversity? \w For|strong="H1961"\w* \w destruction|strong="H7701"\w* \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w violence|strong="H2555"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w before|strong="H5048"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*. \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w strife|strong="H7379"\w*, \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w contention|strong="H4066"\w* rises \w up|strong="H5375"\w*. \v 4 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w is|strong="H7563"\w* paralyzed, \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w justice|strong="H4941"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* prevails; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w surround|strong="H3803"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*; \w therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w justice|strong="H4941"\w* \w comes|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w perverted|strong="H6127"\w*. \p \v 5 “\w Look|strong="H7200"\w* \w among|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, \w watch|strong="H7200"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w wonder|strong="H8539"\w* marvelously; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w working|strong="H6466"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w work|strong="H6467"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w your|strong="H7200"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w which|strong="H1471"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* believe \w though|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w told|strong="H5608"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \v 6 \w For|strong="H3588"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2005"\w*,\f + \fr 1:6 \ft “Behold”, from “\+wh הִנֵּה\+wh*”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.\f* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H1980"\w* \w raising|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w bitter|strong="H4751"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w hasty|strong="H4116"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w who|strong="H3778"\w* \w march|strong="H1980"\w* \w through|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* width \w of|strong="H4908"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* earth, \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w possess|strong="H3423"\w* \w dwelling|strong="H4908"\w* \w places|strong="H4908"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* theirs. \v 7 \w They|strong="H1931"\w* \w are|strong="H4941"\w* \w feared|strong="H3372"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* dreaded. \w Their|strong="H3318"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w their|strong="H3318"\w* \w dignity|strong="H7613"\w* \w proceed|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* themselves. \v 8 \w Their|strong="H7043"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* also \w are|strong="H5483"\w* \w swifter|strong="H7043"\w* \w than|strong="H7043"\w* \w leopards|strong="H5246"\w*, \w and|strong="H5483"\w* \w are|strong="H5483"\w* more \w fierce|strong="H2300"\w* \w than|strong="H7043"\w* \w the|strong="H7043"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w* \w wolves|strong="H2061"\w*. \w Their|strong="H7043"\w* \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w* press proudly \w on|strong="H7043"\w*. Yes, \w their|strong="H7043"\w* \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w* \w come|strong="H7350"\w* \w from|strong="H7350"\w* \w afar|strong="H7350"\w*. They \w fly|strong="H5774"\w* \w as|strong="H6153"\w* an \w eagle|strong="H5404"\w* \w that|strong="H6153"\w* hurries \w to|strong="H2363"\w* devour. \v 9 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* come \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w violence|strong="H2555"\w*. \w Their|strong="H3605"\w* hordes \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w forward|strong="H6440"\w*. \w They|strong="H3605"\w* gather \w prisoners|strong="H7628"\w* \w like|strong="H6440"\w* \w sand|strong="H2344"\w*. \v 10 Yes, \w they|strong="H1931"\w* \w scoff|strong="H7046"\w* \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w princes|strong="H7336"\w* \w are|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w derision|strong="H7832"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H1931"\w*. \w They|strong="H1931"\w* \w laugh|strong="H7832"\w* \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* stronghold, \w for|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* build \w up|strong="H6651"\w* \w an|strong="H4428"\w* earthen ramp \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w take|strong="H3920"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*. \v 11 \w Then|strong="H5674"\w* \w they|strong="H2098"\w* \w sweep|strong="H2498"\w* \w by|strong="H5674"\w* \w like|strong="H7307"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* \w and|strong="H5674"\w* \w go|strong="H5674"\w* \w on|strong="H5674"\w*. \w They|strong="H2098"\w* are indeed guilty, \w whose|strong="H2098"\w* \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* \w is|strong="H7307"\w* their god.” \p \v 12 Aren’t \w you|strong="H7760"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w everlasting|strong="H6924"\w*, \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*,\f + \fr 1:12 \ft The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “\+wh אֱלֹהִ֑ים\+wh*” (Elohim).\f* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w Holy|strong="H6918"\w* \w One|strong="H6918"\w*? \w We|strong="H4191"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*. \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H7760"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w appointed|strong="H7760"\w* \w them|strong="H7760"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*. \w You|strong="H7760"\w*, \w Rock|strong="H6697"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w established|strong="H3245"\w* \w him|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w punish|strong="H3198"\w*. \v 13 \w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H6662"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* purer \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w who|strong="H6662"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w look|strong="H7200"\w* \w on|strong="H7200"\w* perversity, \w why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w tolerate|strong="H3201"\w* \w those|strong="H4480"\w* \w who|strong="H6662"\w* deal treacherously \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w keep|strong="H2790"\w* \w silent|strong="H2790"\w* \w when|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w swallows|strong="H1104"\w* \w up|strong="H1104"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w man|strong="H7563"\w* \w who|strong="H6662"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w more|strong="H4480"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w*, \v 14 \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w men|strong="H6213"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w fish|strong="H1709"\w* \w of|strong="H3220"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w creeping|strong="H7431"\w* \w things|strong="H7431"\w* \w that|strong="H7431"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w ruler|strong="H4910"\w* \w over|strong="H4910"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*? \v 15 \w He|strong="H3651"\w* takes \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hook|strong="H2443"\w*. \w He|strong="H3651"\w* catches \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w net|strong="H2764"\w* \w and|strong="H5927"\w* gathers \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* dragnet. \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w he|strong="H3651"\w* \w rejoices|strong="H8055"\w* \w and|strong="H5927"\w* \w is|strong="H3651"\w* \w glad|strong="H8055"\w*. \v 16 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w net|strong="H2764"\w* \w and|strong="H2076"\w* \w burns|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* dragnet, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* life \w is|strong="H3651"\w* luxurious \w and|strong="H2076"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w food|strong="H3978"\w* \w is|strong="H3651"\w* good. \v 17 \w Will|strong="H1471"\w* \w he|strong="H3651"\w* \w therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w continually|strong="H8548"\w* \w empty|strong="H7324"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w net|strong="H2764"\w*, \w and|strong="H1471"\w* \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w mercy|strong="H2550"\w*? \c 2 \p \v 1 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H4100"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H7200"\w* \w watch|strong="H6822"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w set|strong="H5975"\w* myself \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ramparts, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w will|strong="H4100"\w* \w look|strong="H7200"\w* \w out|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H4100"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H4100"\w* \w answer|strong="H7725"\w* \w concerning|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H7200"\w* complaint. \p \v 2 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, “\w Write|strong="H3789"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w vision|strong="H2377"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H6030"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* plain \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w tablets|strong="H3871"\w*, \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w runs|strong="H7323"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w*. \v 3 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w vision|strong="H2377"\w* \w is|strong="H7093"\w* \w yet|strong="H5750"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w appointed|strong="H4150"\w* \w time|strong="H4150"\w*, \w and|strong="H4150"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* hurries toward \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w end|strong="H7093"\w*, \w and|strong="H4150"\w* won’t \w prove|strong="H3576"\w* \w false|strong="H3808"\w*. \w Though|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* takes \w time|strong="H4150"\w*, \w wait|strong="H2442"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w come|strong="H5750"\w*. \w It|strong="H3588"\w* won’t \w delay|strong="H4102"\w*. \v 4 \w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w his|strong="H3808"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* puffed \w up|strong="H6075"\w*. \w It|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w upright|strong="H3474"\w* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* \w him|strong="H5315"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w will|strong="H6662"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w* \w by|strong="H3808"\w* \w his|strong="H3808"\w* faith. \v 5 \w Yes|strong="H3588"\w*, \w moreover|strong="H3588"\w*, \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* treacherous: \w an|strong="H3588"\w* arrogant \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* doesn’t \w stay|strong="H5115"\w* \w at|strong="H6908"\w* \w home|strong="H5115"\w*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w enlarges|strong="H7337"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w desire|strong="H5315"\w* \w as|strong="H5315"\w* \w Sheol|strong="H7585"\w*;\f + \fr 2:5 \ft Sheol is the place of the dead. \f* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w can|strong="H4194"\w*’t \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w satisfied|strong="H7646"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w gathers|strong="H6908"\w* \w to|strong="H5971"\w* \w himself|strong="H5315"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* heaps \w to|strong="H5971"\w* \w himself|strong="H5315"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w peoples|strong="H5971"\w*. \p \v 6 Won’t \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H3605"\w* \w take|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w parable|strong="H4912"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H4912"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w taunting|strong="H4426"\w* \w proverb|strong="H4912"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H4912"\w* say, ‘\w Woe|strong="H1945"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w increases|strong="H7235"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w which|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w*, \w and|strong="H4912"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* enriches \w himself|strong="H3513"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* extortion! \w How|strong="H4970"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w*?’ \v 7 Won’t \w your|strong="H3808"\w* debtors \w rise|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w suddenly|strong="H6621"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w wake|strong="H6974"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w those|strong="H1961"\w* \w who|strong="H3808"\w* \w make|strong="H6965"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w tremble|strong="H2111"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* victim? 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