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1. The burden which the prophet Ambacum saw.
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1. The burden H4853 which H834 Habakkuk H2265 the prophet H5030 did see H2372 .
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2. How long, O Lord, shall I cry out, and thou wilt not hearken? how long shall I cry out to thee being injured, and thou wilt not save?
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2. O LORD H3068 , how long H5704 H575 shall I cry H7768 , and thou wilt not H3808 hear H8085 ! even cry out H2199 unto H413 thee of violence H2555 , and thou wilt not H3808 save H3467 !
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3. Wherefore hast thou shown me troubles and griefs to look upon, misery and ungodliness? judgement is before me, and the judge receives a reward.
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3. Why H4100 dost thou show H7200 me iniquity H205 , and cause me to behold H5027 grievance H5999 ? for spoiling H7701 and violence H2555 are before H5048 me : and there are H1961 that raise up H5375 strife H7379 and contention H4066 .
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4. Therefore the law is frustrated, and judgement proceeds not effectually, for the ungodly man prevails over the just; therefore perverse judgement will proceed.
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4. Therefore H5921 H3651 the law H8451 is slacked H6313 , and judgment H4941 doth never H3808 H5331 go forth H3318 : for H3588 the wicked H7563 doth compass about H3803 H853 the righteous H6662 ; therefore H5921 H3651 wrong H6127 judgment H4941 proceedeth H3318 .
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5. Ac 13:41 Behold, ye despisers, and look, and wonder marvelously, and vanish: for I work a work in your days, which ye will in no wise believe, though a man declare it to you.
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5. Behold H7200 ye among the heathen H1471 , and regard H5027 , and wonder marvelously H8539 H8539 : for H3588 I will work H6466 a work H6467 in your days H3117 , which ye will not H3808 believe H539 , though H3588 it be told H5608 you .
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6. Wherefore, behold, I stir up the Chaldeans, the bitter and hasty nation, that walks upon the breadth of the earth, to inherit tabernacles not his own.
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6. For H3588 , lo H2009 , I raise up H6965 H853 the Chaldeans H3778 , that bitter H4751 and hasty H4116 nation H1471 , which shall march H1980 through the breadth H4800 of the land H776 , to possess H3423 the dwelling places H4908 that are not H3808 theirs.
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7. He is terrible and famous; his judgement shall proceed of himself, and his Lit. burden dignity shall come out of himself.
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7. They H1931 are terrible H366 and dreadful H3372 : their judgment H4941 and their dignity H7613 shall proceed H3318 of H4480 themselves.
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8. And his horses shall bound more swiftly than leopards, and they are fiercer than the wolves of Arabia: and his horsemen shall ride forth, and shall rush from far; and they shall fly as an eagle hasting to eat.
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8. Their horses H5483 also are swifter H7043 than the leopards H4480 H5246 , and are more fierce H2300 than the evening H6153 wolves H4480 H2061 : and their horsemen H6571 shall spread H6335 themselves , and their horsemen H6571 shall come H935 from far H4480 H7350 ; they shall fly H5774 as the eagle H5404 that hasteth H2363 to eat H398 .
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9. Destruction shall come upon ungodly men, resisting with their adverse front, and he shall gather the captivity as the sand.
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9. They shall come H935 all H3605 for violence H2555 : their faces H6440 shall sup up H4041 as the east wind H6921 , and they shall gather H622 the captivity H7628 as the sand H2344 .
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10. And he shall be at his ease with kings, and princes are his toys, and he shall mock at every strong-hold, and shall cast a mound, and take possession of it.
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10. And they H1931 shall scoff H7046 at the kings H4428 , and the princes H7336 shall be a scorn H4890 unto them: they H1931 shall deride H7832 every H3605 stronghold H4013 ; for they shall heap H6651 dust H6083 , and take H3920 it.
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11. Then shall he change his spirit, and he shall pass through, and make an atonement, saying, This strength belongs to my god.
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11. Then H227 shall his mind H7307 change H2498 , and he shall pass over H5674 , and offend H816 , imputing this H2098 his power H3581 unto his god H433 .
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12. Art not thou from the beginning, O Lord God, my Holy One? and surely we shall not die. O Lord, thou hast established it for judgement, and he has formed me to chasten with his correction.
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12. Art thou H859 not H3808 from everlasting H4480 H6924 , O LORD H3068 my God H430 , mine Holy One H6918 ? we shall not H3808 die H4191 . O LORD H3068 , thou hast ordained H7760 them for judgment H4941 ; and , O mighty God H6697 , thou hast established H3245 them for correction H3198 .
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13. His eye is too pure to behold evil doings, and to look upon grievous afflictions: wherefore dost thou look upon despisers? wilt thou be silent when the ungodly swallows up the just?
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13. Thou art of purer H2889 eyes H5869 than to behold H4480 H7200 evil H7451 , and canst H3201 not H3808 look H5027 on H413 iniquity H5999 : wherefore H4100 lookest H5027 thou upon them that deal treacherously H898 , and holdest thy tongue H2790 when the wicked H7563 devoureth H1104 the man that is more righteous H6662 than H4480 he?
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14. And wilt thou make men as the fishes of the sea, and as the reptiles which have no guide?
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14. And makest H6213 men H120 as the fishes H1709 of the sea H3220 , as the creeping things H7431 , that have no H3808 ruler H4910 over them?
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15. He has brought up destruction with a hook, and drawn one with a casting net, and caught another in his drags: therefore shall his heart rejoice and be glad.
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15. They take up H5927 all H3605 of them with the angle H2443 , they catch H1641 them in their net H2764 , and gather H622 them in their drag H4365 : therefore H5921 H3651 they rejoice H8055 and are glad H1523 .
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16. Therefore will he sacrifice to his drag, and burn incense to his casting-net, because by them he has made his portion fat, and his meats choice.
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16. Therefore H5921 H3651 they sacrifice H2076 unto their net H2764 , and burn incense H6999 unto their drag H4365 ; because H3588 by them H1992 their portion H2506 is fat H8082 , and their meat H3978 plenteous H1277 .
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17. Therefore will he cast his net, and will not spare to slay the nations continually.
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17. Shall they therefore H5921 H3651 empty H7324 their net H2764 , and not H3808 spare H2550 continually H8548 to slay H2026 the nations H1471 ?
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