1 The burden H4853 which H834 RPRO Habakkuk H2265 the prophet H5030 did see H2372 .
2 O LORD H3068 EDS , how long H5704 PREP shall I cry H7768 VPQ1MS , and thou wilt not H3808 W-NPAR hear H8085 ! even cry out H2199 unto H413 PREP-2MS thee of violence H2555 AMS , and thou wilt not H3808 W-NPAR save H3467 !
3 Why H4100 L-IPRO dost thou show H7200 me iniquity H205 NMS , and cause me to behold H5027 grievance H5999 ? for spoiling H7701 and violence H2555 are before H5048 me : and there are H1961 W-VQY3MS that raise up H5375 strife H7379 NMS and contention H4066 .
4 Therefore H5921 PREP the law H8451 NFS is slacked H6313 , and judgment H4941 NMS doth never H3808 W-NPAR go forth H3318 VQY3MS : for H3588 CONJ the wicked H7563 AMS doth compass about H3803 the righteous H6662 ; therefore H3651 ADV wrong H6127 judgment H4941 NMS proceedeth H3318 VQY3MS .
5 Behold H7200 ye among the heathen H1471 , and regard H5027 , and wonder marvelously H8539 : for H3588 CONJ I will work H6466 a work H6467 CMS in your days H3117 , which ye will not H3808 NADV believe H539 , though H3588 CONJ it be told H5608 you .
6 For H3588 CONJ , lo H2009 , I raise up H6965 VHPMS the Chaldeans H3778 , that bitter H4751 and hasty H4116 nation H1471 , which shall march H1980 through the breadth H4800 of the land H776 GFS , to possess H3423 the dwelling places H4908 that are not H3808 NPAR theirs .
7 They H1931 PPRO-3MS are terrible H366 and dreadful H3372 : their judgment H4941 and their dignity H7613 shall proceed H3318 VQY3MS of H4480 M-PREP-3MS themselves .
8 Their horses H5483 also are swifter H7043 than the leopards H5246 , and are more fierce H2300 than the evening H6153 NUM-MS wolves H2061 : and their horsemen H6571 shall spread H6335 themselves , and their horsemen H6571 shall come H935 VQY3MP from far H7350 M-AMS ; they shall fly H5774 as the eagle H5404 K-NMS that hasteth H2363 to eat H398 .
9 They shall come H935 VQY3MS all H3605 for violence H2555 : their faces H6440 CMP-3MP shall sup up H4041 as the east wind H6921 , and they shall gather H622 the captivity H7628 as the sand H2344 .
10 And they H1931 W-PPRO-3MS shall scoff H7046 at the kings H4428 , and the princes H7336 shall be a scorn H4890 unto them : they H1931 PPRO-3MS shall deride H7832 VQY3MS every H3605 L-CMS stronghold H4013 ; for they shall heap H6651 dust H6083 NMS , and take H3920 it .
11 Then H227 ADV shall his mind H7307 NFS change H2498 , and he shall pass over H5674 , and offend H816 , imputing this H2098 his power H3581 CMS-3MS unto his god H433 .
12 Art thou H859 PPRO-2MS not H3808 ADV from everlasting H6924 M-NMS , O LORD H3068 EDS my God H430 , mine Holy One H6918 ? we shall not H3808 NADV die H4191 . O LORD H3068 EDS , thou hast ordained H7760 them for judgment H4941 L-NMS ; and , O mighty God H6697 W-NMS , thou hast established H3245 them for correction H3198 .
13 Thou art of purer H2889 eyes H5869 NMD than to behold H7200 evil H7451 AMS , and canst H3201 not H3808 NADV look H5027 on H413 PREP iniquity H5999 NMS : wherefore H4100 L-IPRO lookest H5027 thou upon them that deal treacherously H898 , and holdest thy tongue H2790 when the wicked H7563 AMS devoureth H1104 the man that is more righteous H6662 AMS than H4480 M-PREP-3MS he ?
14 And makest H6213 men H120 NMS as the fishes H1709 of the sea H3220 D-NMS , as the creeping things H7431 , that have no H3808 NADV ruler H4910 over them ?
15 They take up H5927 all H3605 of them with the angle H2443 B-NFS , they catch H1641 them in their net H2764 , and gather H622 them in their drag H4365 : therefore H3651 ADV they rejoice H8055 and are glad H1523 .
16 Therefore H5921 PREP they sacrifice H2076 unto their net H2764 , and burn incense H6999 unto their drag H4365 ; because H3588 CONJ by them H1992 their portion H2506 is fat H8082 , and their meat H3978 plenteous H1277 .
17 Shall they therefore H3651 ADV empty H7324 their net H2764 , and not H3808 NADV spare H2550 continually H8548 to slay H2026 the nations H1471 NMP ?