1The prophecy which was revealed to the prophet Habakkuk.

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Nahum 1:1, Nahum 1:1, Isaiah 22:1, Isaiah 22:1

2How long, O Jehovah, do I cry, and thou dost not hear! How long do I complain to thee of violence, and thou dost not save!

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Psalms 22:1, Psalms 22:2, Psalms 22:1, Psalms 22:2, Jeremiah 14:9

3Why dost thou suffer me to see iniquity, And why dost thou look upon wickedness? For spoiling and violence are before me; There is contention, and strife exalteth itself.

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Psalms 55:9, Psalms 55:11, Psalms 55:9, Psalms 55:11, Jeremiah 20:8

4Therefore the law faileth, And judgment is not pronounced according to truth; For the wicked encompasseth the righteous, Therefore wrong judgment is pronounced.

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Psalms 119:126, Job 21:7, Isaiah 1:21, Isaiah 1:23, Psalms 119:126

5Behold ye among the nations, and look! Yea, wonder, and be astonished! For I do a work in your days Which ye will not believe though it be told you.

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Acts 13:40, Acts 13:41, Acts 13:40, Acts 13:41, Lamentations 4:12

6For behold, I raise up the Chaldeans, A fierce and swift people, Which go over the breadth of the earth, To take possession of dwelling-places that are not their own.

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2 Kings 24:2, 2 Kings 24:2, Jeremiah 5:15, Jeremiah 5:15, Isaiah 23:13

7They are terrible and dreadful; From themselves go forth their law and their dignity.

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Jeremiah 39:5, Jeremiah 39:9, Jeremiah 39:5, Jeremiah 39:9, Deuteronomy 5:27

8Their horses are swifter than leopards, And fiercer than evening wolves. Their horsemen leap proudly; Their horsemen come from far; They fly like an eagle, hastening to devour.

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Jeremiah 4:13, Jeremiah 4:13, Zephaniah 3:3, Zephaniah 3:3, Jeremiah 5:6

9All of them come for violence; The multitude of their faces is directed forwards, And they gather captives as sand.

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Genesis 41:49, Deuteronomy 28:51, Deuteronomy 28:52, Ezekiel 17:10, Habakkuk 2:5

10They also scoff at kings, And princes are to them a laughing-stock; They deride every stronghold, For they heap up earth and take it.

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2 Chronicles 36:6, 2 Chronicles 36:6, Isaiah 14:16, 2 Chronicles 36:10, Jeremiah 32:24

11Then their spirit is uplifted, and they transgress, and become guilty; This their strength is made their god.

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Daniel 5:20, Daniel 5:3, Daniel 5:4, Jeremiah 4:11, Jeremiah 4:12

12Art thou not from everlasting, O Jehovah, my God, my Holy One? We shall not die! Thou, O Jehovah, hast appointed them for judgment; Thou, O Rock, hast ordained them for chastisement.

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Deuteronomy 32:4, Deuteronomy 32:4, Deuteronomy 33:27, Psalms 90:2, Deuteronomy 33:27

13Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, And canst not look on wickedness; Why then dost thou look on transgressors, And art silent, when the wicked swalloweth up the man that is more righteous than he?

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Psalms 5:4, Psalms 5:5, Psalms 5:4, Psalms 5:5, Psalms 34:15

14And why makest thou men as the fishes of the sea, As the reptiles that have no ruler?

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Proverbs 6:7, Proverbs 6:7

15They take up all of them with the hook, They catch them in their net, And gather them in their drag; Therefore they rejoice and exult.

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Jeremiah 16:16, Amos 4:2, Jeremiah 16:16, Amos 4:2, Psalms 10:9

16Therefore they sacrifice to their net, And burn incense to their drag; Because by them their portion is fat, And their food plenteous.

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Habakkuk 1:11, Habakkuk 1:11, Ezekiel 28:3, Daniel 5:23, Daniel 4:30

17Shall they therefore empty the net, And slay the nations continually without mercy?

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Isaiah 14:6, Jeremiah 46:1, Jeremiah 46:28, Habakkuk 2:5, Habakkuk 2:8