Habakkuk 1 (TRV)

From Textus Receptus

1 The burden which Habakkuk the prophet Habakkuk saw.

2 O LORD, how long shall I shout, and You will not hear! Even shout out to You of violence, and You will not save!

3 Why do You show me iniquity, and cause me to behold greivious things? Because, plundering and violence are before me; and there are those that stir up strife and contention arises.

4 Therefore the law is weakened, and justice never goes forth. Because, the wicked surrounds the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceeds.

5 “Behold, you among the heathen, take reguard,marvel, and wonder. Because, I will work a work in your days which you will not believe, though it were told to you.

6 Because, behold I am raising up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation which will march through the breadth of the earth, to possess the dwelling places that are not theirs.

7 They are terrible and dreadful; their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.

8 Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves. And their horsemen will spread themselves; and their horsemen will come from afar; they will fly as the eagle that hurries to eat.