Hābāgǔshū 1:2

2 Tā shuō , Yēhéhuá a , wǒ hū qiú nǐ , nǐ bù yīngyún , yào dào jǐshí ne . wǒ yīn qiángbào āi qiú nǐ , nǐ hái bù zhĕngjiù .

Hābāgǔshū 1:2 Meaning and Commentary

Habakkuk 1:2

O Lord, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear!
&c.] The prophet having long observed the sins and iniquities of the people among whom he lived, and being greatly distressed in his mind on account of them, had frequently and importunately cried unto the Lord to put a stop to the abounding of them, that the people might be brought to a sense of their sins, and reform from them; but nothing of this kind appearing, he concludes his prayers were not heard, and therefore expostulates with the Lord upon this head: [even] cry unto thee [of] violence, and thou wilt not save!
either of violence done to himself in the discharge of his office, or of one man to another, of the rich to the poor; and yet, though he cried again and again to the Lord, to check this growing evil, and deliver the oppressed out of the hands of their oppressors, it was not done; which was matter of grief and trouble to him.

Hābāgǔshū 1:2 In-Context

1 Xiānzhī hǎ bā gǔ suǒ dé de mò shì .

2 Tā shuō , Yēhéhuá a , wǒ hū qiú nǐ , nǐ bù yīngyún , yào dào jǐshí ne . wǒ yīn qiángbào āi qiú nǐ , nǐ hái bù zhĕngjiù .

3 Nǐ wèihé shǐ wǒ kànjian zuìniè . nǐ wèihé kàn zhe jiān è ér bù lǐ ne . huǐmiè hé qiángbào zaì wǒ miànqián . yòu qǐ le zhēng duān hé xiāng dǒu de shì .

4 Yīncǐ lǜfǎ fàng sōng , gōnglǐ yĕ bù xiǎnmíng . è rén wéi kùn yì rén . suǒyǐ gōnglǐ xiǎnrán diāndǎo .

5 Yēhéhuá shuō , nǐmen yào xiàng liè guó zhōng guānkàn , dàdà jīngqí . yīnwei zaì nǐmen de shíhou , wǒ xíng yī jiàn shì , suī yǒu rén gàosu nǐmen , nǐmen zǒngshì bù xìn .