1 The burden 4853 which Habakkuk 2265 the prophet 5030 did see 2372.
2 O LORD 3068, how long shall I cry 7768, and thou wilt not hear 8085! even cry out 2199 unto thee of violence 2555, and thou wilt not save 3467!
3 Why dost thou shew 7200 me iniquity 205, and cause me to behold 5027 grievance 5999? for spoiling 7701 and violence 2555 are before me: and there are that raise up 5375 strife 7379 and contention 4066.
4 Therefore the law 8451 is slacked 6313, and judgment 4941 doth never 5331 go forth 3318: for the wicked 7563 doth compass 3803 about the righteous 6662; therefore wrong 6127 judgment 4941 proceedeth 3318.
5 Behold 7200 ye among the heathen 1471, and regard 5027, and wonder 8539 marvellously 8539: for I will work 6466 a work 6467 in your days 3117, which ye will not believe 539, though it be told 5608 you.
6 For, lo, I raise up 6965 the Chaldeans 3778, that bitter 4751 and hasty 4116 nation 1471, which shall march 1980 through the breadth 4800 of the land 776, to possess 3423 the dwellingplaces 4908 that are not theirs.
7 They are terrible 366 and dreadful 3372: their judgment 4941 and their dignity 7613 shall proceed 3318 of themselves.
8 Their horses 5483 also are swifter 7043 than the leopards 5246, and are more fierce 2300 than the evening 6153 wolves 2061: and their horsemen 6571 shall spread 6335 themselves, and their horsemen 6571 shall come 935 from far 7350; they shall fly 5774 as the eagle 5404 that hasteth 2363 to eat 398.
9 They shall come 935 all for violence 2555: their faces 6440 shall sup up 4041 as the east wind 6921, and they shall gather 622 the captivity 7628 as the sand 2344.
10 And they shall scoff 7046 at the kings 4428, and the princes 7336 shall be a scorn 4890 unto them: they shall deride 7832 every strong hold 4013; for they shall heap 6651 dust 6083, and take 3920 it.
11 Then shall his mind 7307 change 2498, and he shall pass over 5674, and offend 816, imputing this 2098 his power 3581 unto his god 433.
12 Art thou not from everlasting 6924, O LORD 3068 my God 430, mine Holy One 6918? we shall not die 4191. O LORD 3068, thou hast ordained 7760 them for judgment 4941; and, O mighty God 6697, thou hast established 3245 them for correction 3198.
13 Thou art of purer 2889 eyes 5869 than to behold 7200 evil 7451, and canst 3201 not look 5027 on iniquity 5999: wherefore lookest 5027 thou upon them that deal treacherously 898, and holdest thy tongue 2790 when the wicked 7563 devoureth 1104 the man that is more righteous 6662 than he?
14 And makest 6213 men 120 as the fishes 1709 of the sea 3220, as the creeping things 7431, that have no ruler 4910 over them?
15 They take up 5927 all of them with the angle 2443, they catch 1641 them in their net 2764, and gather 622 them in their drag 4365: therefore they rejoice 8055 and are glad 1523.
16 Therefore they sacrifice 2076 unto their net 2764, and burn incense 6999 unto their drag 4365; because by them 1992 their portion 2506 is fat 8082, and their meat 3978 plenteous 1277.
17 Shall they therefore empty 7324 their net 2764, and not spare 2550 continually 8548 to slay 2026 the nations 1471?