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Chaldeans Used to Punish Judah
The oracle which Habakkuk the prophet saw.
The oracle which Habakkuk the prophet saw.
This is the message that the prophet Habakkuk received in a vision.
Habakkuk’s Complaint
Habakkuk’s Complaint
How long, O LORD, will I call for help,
And You will not hear?
I cry out to You, “Violence!”
Yet You do not save.
And You will not hear?
I cry out to You, “Violence!”
Yet You do not save.
How long, O LORD, must I call for help?
But you do not listen!
“Violence is everywhere!” I cry,
but you do not come to save.
But you do not listen!
“Violence is everywhere!” I cry,
but you do not come to save.
Why do You make me see iniquity,
And cause me to look on wickedness?
Yes, destruction and violence are before me;
Strife exists and contention arises.
And cause me to look on wickedness?
Yes, destruction and violence are before me;
Strife exists and contention arises.
Must I forever see these evil deeds?
Why must I watch all this misery?
Wherever I look,
I see destruction and violence.
I am surrounded by people
who love to argue and fight.
Why must I watch all this misery?
Wherever I look,
I see destruction and violence.
I am surrounded by people
who love to argue and fight.
Therefore the law is ignored
And justice is never upheld.
For the wicked surround the righteous;
Therefore justice comes out perverted.
And justice is never upheld.
For the wicked surround the righteous;
Therefore justice comes out perverted.
The law has become paralyzed,
and there is no justice in the courts.
The wicked far outnumber the righteous,
so that justice has become perverted.
and there is no justice in the courts.
The wicked far outnumber the righteous,
so that justice has become perverted.
“Look among the nations! Observe!
Be astonished! Wonder!
Because I am doing something in your days —
You would not believe if you were told.
Be astonished! Wonder!
Because I am doing something in your days —
You would not believe if you were told.
“For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans,
That fierce and impetuous people
Who march throughout the earth
To seize dwelling places which are not theirs.
That fierce and impetuous people
Who march throughout the earth
To seize dwelling places which are not theirs.
“They are dreaded and feared;
Their justice and authority originate with themselves.
Their justice and authority originate with themselves.
They are notorious for their cruelty
and do whatever they like.
and do whatever they like.
“Their horses are swifter than leopards
And keener than wolves in the evening.
Their horsemen come galloping,
Their horsemen come from afar;
They fly like an eagle swooping down to devour.
And keener than wolves in the evening.
Their horsemen come galloping,
Their horsemen come from afar;
They fly like an eagle swooping down to devour.
“All of them come for violence.
Their horde of faces moves forward.
They collect captives like sand.
Their horde of faces moves forward.
They collect captives like sand.
“On they come, all bent on violence.
Their hordes advance like a desert wind,
sweeping captives ahead of them like sand.
Their hordes advance like a desert wind,
sweeping captives ahead of them like sand.
“They mock at kings
And rulers are a laughing matter to them.
They laugh at every fortress
And heap up rubble to capture it.
And rulers are a laughing matter to them.
They laugh at every fortress
And heap up rubble to capture it.
They scoff at kings and princes
and scorn all their fortresses.
They simply pile ramps of earth
against their walls and capture them!
and scorn all their fortresses.
They simply pile ramps of earth
against their walls and capture them!
“Then they will sweep through like the wind and pass on.
But they will be held guilty,
They whose strength is their god.”
But they will be held guilty,
They whose strength is their god.”
They sweep past like the wind
and are gone.
But they are deeply guilty,
for their own strength is their god.”
Habakkuk’s Second Complaint
and are gone.
But they are deeply guilty,
for their own strength is their god.”
Habakkuk’s Second Complaint
Are You not from everlasting,
O LORD, my God, my Holy One?
We will not die.
You, O LORD, have appointed them to judge;
And You, O Rock, have established them to correct.
O LORD, my God, my Holy One?
We will not die.
You, O LORD, have appointed them to judge;
And You, O Rock, have established them to correct.
O LORD my God, my Holy One, you who are eternal —
surely you do not plan to wipe us out?
O LORD, our Rock, you have sent these Babylonians to correct us,
to punish us for our many sins.
surely you do not plan to wipe us out?
O LORD, our Rock, you have sent these Babylonians to correct us,
to punish us for our many sins.
Your eyes are too pure to approve evil,
And You can not look on wickedness with favor.
Why do You look with favor
On those who deal treacherously?
Why are You silent when the wicked swallow up
Those more righteous than they?
And You can not look on wickedness with favor.
Why do You look with favor
On those who deal treacherously?
Why are You silent when the wicked swallow up
Those more righteous than they?
But you are pure and cannot stand the sight of evil.
Will you wink at their treachery?
Should you be silent while the wicked
swallow up people more righteous than they?
Will you wink at their treachery?
Should you be silent while the wicked
swallow up people more righteous than they?
Why have You made men like the fish of the sea,
Like creeping things without a ruler over them?
Like creeping things without a ruler over them?
Are we only fish to be caught and killed?
Are we only sea creatures that have no leader?
Are we only sea creatures that have no leader?
The Chaldeans bring all of them up with a hook,
Drag them away with their net,
And gather them together in their fishing net.
Therefore they rejoice and are glad.
Drag them away with their net,
And gather them together in their fishing net.
Therefore they rejoice and are glad.
Must we be strung up on their hooks
and caught in their nets while they rejoice and celebrate?
and caught in their nets while they rejoice and celebrate?
Therefore they offer a sacrifice to their net
And burn incense to their fishing net;
Because through these things their catch is large,
And their food is plentiful.
And burn incense to their fishing net;
Because through these things their catch is large,
And their food is plentiful.
Then they will worship their nets
and burn incense in front of them.
“These nets are the gods who have made us rich!”
they will claim.
and burn incense in front of them.
“These nets are the gods who have made us rich!”
they will claim.