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Habakkuk 1:1-11 — Habakkuk's Complaint; The Lord's Answer
Hab.1.1-11
1The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet saw. 2How long, O LORD, must I cry for help, and you will not hear? I cry out to you, “Violence!” and you will not save. 3Why do you make me see iniquity, and why do you look at trouble? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict arises. 4Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice goes forth perverted. 5Look among the nations, and observe; be utterly astounded! For I am doing a work in your days that you would not believe if it were told. 6For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans, that bitter and impetuous nation, which marches through the breadth of the earth to take possession of dwellings that are not its own. 7They are dreaded and feared; their justice and their dignity proceed from themselves. 8Their horses are swifter than leopards, and fiercer than evening wolves. Their horsemen press forward; yes, their horsemen come from afar. They fly like an eagle hurrying to devour. 9All of them come for violence; their faces press forward , and they gather captives like sand. 10They scoff at kings, and rulers are a laughingstock to them. They laugh at every fortress; they pile up an earthen ramp and capture it. 11Then they sweep by like the wind, and pass through, and are guilty—they whose own strength is their god.
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4/11/2026
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