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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Habakkuk 1 ISV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/habakkuk/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/habakkuk/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ISV</a> > Habakkuk 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../nahum/3.htm" title="Nahum 3">◄</a> Habakkuk 1 <a href="../habakkuk/2.htm" title="Habakkuk 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/habakkuk/1.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Habakkuk’s Oracle</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The pronouncement<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:1 Or revelation">a</a></span> that the prophet Habakkuk<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:1 The Heb. name Habakkuk means embrace">b</a></span> perceived.</p> <p class="heading">The Prophet’s First Complaint</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“How long, LORD, must I cry out for help,</p> <p class="poetry2">but you won’t listen?</p> <p class="poetry2">I’m crying out to you, ‘Violence!’</p> <p class="poetry2">but you aren’t providing deliverance.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Why are you forcing me to look at iniquity</p> <p class="poetry2">and to stare at wickedness?</p> <p class="poetry2">Social havoc and oppression are all around me;</p> <p class="poetry2">there are legal conflicts, and disputes abound.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Therefore, the Law has become paralyzed,</p> <p class="poetry2">and justice never comes about.</p> <p class="poetry2">Because criminals outnumber<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:4 Lit. are surrounding">c</a></span> the righteous,</p> <p class="poetry2">whenever judgments are issued, they come out crooked.”</p> <p class="heading">God’s Response: The Coming Chaldean Invasion</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“Look out at the nations and pay attention!</p> <p class="poetry2">Be astounded! Be really astounded!</p> <p class="poetry2">Because something is happening in your lifetime</p> <p class="poetry2">that you won’t believe, even if it were described down to the smallest detail.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:5 The Heb. lacks down to the smallest detail">d</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Watch out! For I am bringing in the Chaldeans,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:6 i.e. Babylonian invaders">e</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">that cruel and impetuous<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:6 Or rash">f</a></span> people,</p> <p class="poetry2">who sweep across the earth</p> <p class="poetry2">dispossessing people<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:6 The Heb. lacks people">g</a></span> from homes not their own.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>They are terrible and fearsome;</p> <p class="poetry2">their brand of justice and sense of honor derive only from themselves!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Their horses are swifter than leopards,</p> <p class="poetry2">and more cunning than wolves that attack at night.</p> <p class="poetry2">Their horsemen are galloping</p> <p class="poetry2">as they approach from far away.</p> <p class="poetry2">They swoop in like ravenous vultures.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:8 Or eagles">h</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“They all come to oppress—</p> <p class="poetry2">hordes of them, their faces pressing onward—</p> <p class="poetry2">they take prisoners as numerous as<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:9 The Heb. lacks as numerous as">i</a></span> the desert sand!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>They make fun of kings,</p> <p class="poetry2">deriding those who rule.</p> <p class="poetry2">They laugh at all of the fortified places,</p> <p class="poetry2">constructing ramps to seize them.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then like<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:11 The Heb. lacks like">j</a></span> the wind sweeping by</p> <p class="poetry2">they will pass through—</p> <p class="poetry2">they’re guilty because they say<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:11 The Heb. lacks they say">k</a></span> their power is their god.”</p> <p class="heading">The Prophet’s Second Complaint</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“Haven’t you existed forever,</p> <p class="poetry2">LORD my God, my Holy One?</p> <p class="poetry2">We won’t die!</p> <p class="poetry2">LORD, you’ve prepared them<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:12 i.e. the Babylonian invaders">l</a></span> for judgment;</p> <p class="poetry2">Rock, you’ve sentenced them<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:12 i.e. the Babylonian invaders">m</a></span> to correction.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Your eyes are too pure to gaze upon evil;</p> <p class="poetry2">and you cannot tolerate wickedness.</p> <p class="poetry2">So why do you tolerate the treacherous?</p> <p class="poetry2">And why do you stay silent</p> <p class="poetry2">while the wicked devour those who are more righteous than they are?</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“You have fashioned mankind like fish in the ocean,</p> <p class="poetry2">like creeping things that have no ruler.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The adversary<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:15 i.e. the Babylonian invaders">n</a></span> captures them with a hook,</p> <p class="poetry2">gathering them up in a fishing net.</p> <p class="poetry2">He collects them with a dragnet,</p> <p class="poetry2">rejoicing and gloating over his catch.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:15 The Heb. lacks over his catch">o</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Therefore he sacrifices to his fishing net,</p> <p class="poetry2">and burns incense in the presence of his dragnet,</p> <p class="poetry2">because by them his assets increase</p> <p class="poetry2">and he gets plenty of food.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/habakkuk/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Is he to continue to empty his fishing net?</p> <p class="poetry2">Will he ever stop killing entire<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:17 The Heb. lacks entire">p</a></span> nations without mercy?”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 1:1 Or <i>revelation</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 1:1 The Heb. name <i>Habakkuk</i> means <i>embrace</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 1:4 Lit. <i>are surrounding</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 1:5 The Heb. lacks <i>down to the smallest detail</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 1:6 i.e. Babylonian invaders<br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 1:6 Or <i>rash</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 1:6 The Heb. lacks <i>people</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 1:8 Or <i>eagles</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 1:9 The Heb. lacks <i>as numerous as</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 1:11 The Heb. lacks <i>like</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 1:11 The Heb. lacks <i>they say</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 1:12 i.e. the Babylonian invaders<br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 1:12 i.e. the Babylonian invaders<br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 1:15 i.e. the Babylonian invaders<br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 1:15 The Heb. lacks <i>over his catch</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 1:17 The Heb. lacks <i>entire</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div 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