Habakkuk 1

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1 The burden which Habakkuk the prophet beheld.

2 O Jehovah, how long shall I cry·​·out, and Thou wilt not hear! I cry to Thee of violence, and Thou wilt not save!

3 Why dost Thou cause me to see iniquity, and cause me to look on mischief? And devastation and violence are in·​·front·​·of me; and there is strife, and contention is lifted·​·up.

4 Therefore the law has failed, and perpetually judgment does not go·​·out; for the wicked closes·​·around the just; therefore crooked judgment goes·​·out.

5 See among the nations, and look, and amaze yourselves and be amazed; for a work is working in your days that you will· not ·believe, though it be recounted.

6 For, behold, I am raising·​·up the Chaldeans, the bitter and the hasty nation; and he* shall walk in the broad·​·places of the land, to possess habitations that are not his.

7 He is terrifying and fearsome; from himself his judgment and his eminence shall go·​·out;

8 and his horses are·​·swifter than the leopards, and sharper than the evening wolves; and his horsemen shall spread·​·out, and his horsemen shall come from far·​·off; they shall fly as the eagle that hurries to eat.

9 All shall come for violence; the panting·​·desire of their faces is toward the east, and he shall gather the captivity as the sand.

10 And he shall scoff at the kings, and the rulers shall be as a laugh to him; he shall laugh at every fortress; and he shall pile·​·up dust, and capture it.

11 Then shall his spirit change, and he shall pass·​·by, and be·​·guilty, imputing this his power to his god.

12 Art Thou not from ancient time, Jehovah my God, my Holy·​·One? Let us not die. Jehovah, Thou hast set him for judgment, and, O Rock, Thou hast founded him to be reproved.

13 Thine eyes are too· clean ·to see evil, and Thou art· not ·able to look at mischief. Why lookest Thou upon those who act·​·treacherously, and art·​·silent when the wicked swallows·​·up someone more just than he?

14 And why* makest Thou man as the fish of the sea, as the creeping thing that has not a ruler?

15 He brings·​·up all with the hook; he collects him in his net, and gathers him in his trawl; therefore he is·​·glad and rejoices.

16 Therefore he sacrifices to his net, and burns·​·incense to his trawl; for among them his part is with·​·oil, and his food is nourishing.

17 Shall he thus empty his net, and not spare continually to kill the nations?

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Thanks to the Kempton Project for the permission to use this New Church translation of the Word.