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Habakkuk 1:12
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

Habakkuk’s Second Complaint

12 Are you not from of old, O Lord,
    my holy God, immortal?(A)
Lord, you have appointed them for judgment,[a]
    O Rock,[b] you have set them in place to punish!

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Footnotes

  1. 1:12–2:1 Appointed them for judgment: this complaint is directed against the violent Babylonians, the very nation God chose to punish Judah.
  2. 1:12 Rock: an ancient title celebrating the Lord’s power and fidelity; cf. Dt 32:4; Is 26:4; 30:29; Ps 18:3, 32, 47; 95:1.
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