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1 The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet received.
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1 The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet received.
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2 How long, O LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, "Violence!" but you do not save?
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2 How long, O LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, "Violence!" but you do not save?
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3 Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrong? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds.
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3 Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrong? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds.
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4 Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.
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4 Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.
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5 "Look at the nations and watch-- and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told.
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5 "Look at the nations and watch-- and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told.
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6 I am raising up the Babylonians, that ruthless and impetuous people, who sweep across the whole earth to seize dwelling places not their own.
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6 I am raising up the Babylonians, that ruthless and impetuous people, who sweep across the whole earth to seize dwelling places not their own.
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7 They are a feared and dreaded people; they are a law to themselves and promote their own honor.
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7 They are a feared and dreaded people; they are a law to themselves and promote their own honor.
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8 Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves at dusk. Their cavalry gallops headlong; their horsemen come from afar. They fly like a vulture swooping to devour;
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8 Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves at dusk. Their cavalry gallops headlong; their horsemen come from afar. They fly like a vulture swooping to devour;
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9 they all come bent on violence. Their hordes advance like a desert wind and gather prisoners like sand.
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9 they all come bent on violence. Their hordes advance like a desert wind and gather prisoners like sand.
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10 They deride kings and scoff at rulers. They laugh at all fortified cities; they build earthen ramps and capture them.
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10 They deride kings and scoff at rulers. They laugh at all fortified cities; they build earthen ramps and capture them.
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Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
