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Habakkuk 1 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Chaldeans Used to Punish Judah

1 The ^(A)pronouncement which Habakkuk the prophet saw:

²^(B)How long, Lord, have I called for help,
And You do not hear?
I cry out to You, “Violence!”
Yet You do ^(C)not save.
³Why do You make me ^(D)see disaster,
And make me look at destitution?
Yes, ^(E)devastation and violence are before me;
^(F)Strife exists and contention arises.
⁴Therefore the ^(G)Law ^[a]is ignored,
And justice ^[b]is never upheld.
For the wicked ^(H)surround the righteous;
Therefore justice comes out ^(I)confused.

⁵“^(J)Look among the nations! Watch!
Be horrified! ^(K)Be frightened speechless!
For I am accomplishing ^(L)a work in your days—
You would not believe it even if ^[c]you were told!
⁶For behold, I am ^(M)raising up the Chaldeans,
That ^[d]grim and impetuous people
Who march ^[e]throughout the earth,
To ^(N)take possession of dwelling places that are not theirs.
⁷They are terrifying and ^(O)feared;
Their ^(P)justice and ^[f]authority ^[g]originate with themselves.
⁸Their ^(Q)horses are faster than leopards,
And quicker than ^(R)wolves in the evening.
Their ^[h]horsemen charge along,
Their ^[i]horsemen come from afar;
They fly like an ^(S)eagle ^[j]swooping down to devour.
⁹All of them come for violence.
^[k]Their horde of ^(T)faces moves forward.
They gather captives like sand.
¹⁰They ^(U)make fun of kings,
And dignitaries are an object of laughter to them.
They ^(V)laugh at every fortress,
Then ^(W)heap up dirt and ^[l]capture it.
¹¹Then they fly along like the ^(X)wind and pass on.
But they will be held ^(Y)guilty,
They whose ^(Z)strength is their god.”

¹²Are You not from ^(AA)time everlasting,
Lord, my God, my Holy One?
We will not die.
You, Lord, have ^(AB)appointed them to deliver judgment;
And You, O ^(AC)Rock, have destined them to punish.
¹³Your eyes are too ^(AD)pure to look at evil,
And You cannot look at harm favorably.
Why do You ^(AE)look favorably
At those who deal ^(AF)treacherously?
Why are You ^(AG)silent when the wicked ^(AH)swallow up
Those more righteous than they?
¹⁴Why have You made people like the fish of the sea,
Like crawling things that have no ruler over them?
¹⁵The Chaldeans ^(AI)bring all of them up with a hook,
^(AJ)Drag them away with their net,
And gather them together in their fishing net.
Therefore they rejoice and are joyful.
¹⁶Therefore they offer a sacrifice to their net
And ^[m]burn incense to their fishing net,
Because through ^(AK)these things their ^[n]catch is ^[o]large,
And their food is ^[p]plentiful.
¹⁷Will they therefore empty their ^(AL)net,
And continually ^(AM)slay nations without sparing?

New American Standard Bible (NASB)