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64 lines
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# Chapter 1
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1 The pronouncement that the prophet Habakkuk saw.
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2 How long, Lord, must I call for help
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and you do not listen
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or cry out to you about violence
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and you do not save?
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3 Why do you force me to look at injustice?
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Why do you tolerate wrongdoing?
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Oppression and violence are right in front of me.
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Strife is ongoing, and conflict escalates.
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4 This is why the law is ineffective
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and justice never emerges.
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For the wicked restrict the righteous;
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therefore, justice comes out perverted.
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5 Look at the nations and observe—
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be utterly astounded!
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For I am doing something in your days
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that you will not believe
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when you hear about it.
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6 Look! I am raising up the Chaldeans,
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that bitter, impetuous nation
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that marches across the earth’s open spaces
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to seize territories not its own.
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7 They are fierce and terrifying;
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their views of justice and sovereignty
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stem from themselves.
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8 Their horses are swifter than leopards
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and more fierce than wolves of the night.
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Their horsemen charge ahead;
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their horsemen come from distant lands.
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They fly like eagles, swooping to devour.
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9 All of them come to do violence;
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their faces are set in determination.
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They gather prisoners like sand.
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10 They mock kings,
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and rulers are a joke to them.
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They laugh at every fortress
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and build siege ramps to capture it.
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11 Then they sweep by like the wind
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and pass through.
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They are guilty; their strength is their god.
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12 Are you not from eternity, Lord my God?
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My Holy One, you will not die.
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Lord, you appointed them to execute judgment;
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my Rock, you destined them to punish us.
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13 Your eyes are too pure to look on evil,
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and you cannot tolerate wrongdoing.
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So why do you tolerate those who are treacherous?
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Why are you silent
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while one who is wicked swallows up
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one who is more righteous than himself?
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14 You have made mankind
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like the fish of the sea,
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like marine creatures that have no ruler.
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15 The Chaldeans pull them all up with a hook,
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catch them in their dragnet,
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and gather them in their fishing net;
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that is why they are glad and rejoice.
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16 That is why they sacrifice to their dragnet
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and burn incense to their fishing net,
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for by these things their portion is rich
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and their food plentiful.
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17 Will they therefore empty their net
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and continually slaughter nations without mercy? |