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Habakkuk 1
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Habakkuk 1
New Life Version
Habakkuk’s Question
1 This is the special word which Habakkuk the man of God saw. 2 O Lord, how long must I call for help before You will hear? I cry out to You, “We are being hurt!” But You do not save us. 3 Why do you make me see sins and wrong-doing? People are being destroyed in anger in front of me. There is arguing and fighting. 4 The Law is not followed. What is right is never done. For the sinful are all around those who are right and good, so what is right looks like sin.
The Lord’s Answer
5 “Look among the nations, and see! Be surprised and full of wonder! For I am doing something in your days that you would not believe if you were told. 6 I am bringing the Babylonians to power. They are people filled with anger who go across the whole earth to take homes that are not theirs. 7 They fill others with fear. They make their own law about what is fair and honored. 8 Their horses are faster than leopards, and show less pity than wolves in the evening. Their horsemen come on running horses from far away. They fly like an eagle coming down to get food. 9 They all come in anger. Their armies move like the desert wind. They gather prisoners like sand. 10 They make fun of kings and laugh at rulers. They laugh at every strong city and build a battle-wall to take it. 11 Then they move through like the wind and keep going. They are guilty men, whose strength is their god.”
Habakkuk’s Second Question
12 Have You not lived forever, O Lord, my God, my Holy One? We will not die. O Lord, You have chosen them to judge. You, O Rock, have chosen them to punish us. 13 Your eyes are too pure to look at sin. You cannot look on wrong. Why then do You look with favor on those who do wrong? Why are You quiet when the sinful destroy those who are more right and good than they? 14 Why have You made men like the fish of the sea, like things which move along the ground that have no ruler? 15 The Babylonians bring all of them up with a hook, and pull them away with their net. They gather them together in their fishing net, and so they have joy and are glad. 16 So they give gifts in worship to their net. They burn special perfume to their fishing net, because their net catches all the good things and good food they need. 17 Will they empty their net forever and keep on destroying nations without pity?
Habakuk 1
Het Boek
Habakuk 1
Het Boek
Habakuk roept tot God
1 Dit is de profetie die God aan Habakuk doorgaf.
2 Here, hoelang moet ik nog om hulp roepen zonder dat U het hoort? Ik schreeuw: ‘Help! Geweld!’, maar U doet niets. 3 Waarom laat U mij dat onrecht zien en hoe kunt U Zelf al die ellende aanzien? Waar ik ook kijk, overal heersen onderdrukking, geweld, ruzie en onenigheid. 4 De wet verliest haar kracht en de rechtspraak is verziekt, want de goddelozen drijven de rechtvaardigen in het nauw en het recht wordt verdraaid.
5 De Here antwoordt: ‘Kijk eens naar de volken en verbaas u! Want Ik ga tijdens uw leven iets doen wat u niet zou geloven als het werd verteld. 6 Ik ga een nieuwe wereldmacht ten tonele voeren, de Chaldeeën, een wreed, woest volk. Zij trekken de hele wereld door en veroveren andermans woonplaatsen. 7 Zij staan bekend als een afschrikwekkend, angstaanjagend volk. Zij bepalen zelf wat recht is en vertrouwen op eigen kracht. 8 Hun paarden zijn vlugger dan panters en lopen harder dan een wolf in de schemering. Hun ruiters komen aan in galop, zij komen uit verre landen toeschieten als een arend op zijn prooi.
9 Zij komen om geweld te plegen. Hun aanval is als een verzengende oostenwind. Zij verzamelen gevangenen alsof het zand is. 10 Zij drijven de spot met koningen en vorsten en lachen om elke vesting. Want de Chaldeeën gooien er gewoon aarde tegenaan en nemen haar in. 11 Als een wervelwind gaan zij verder en verdwijnen uit het gezicht, maar hun schuld is groot, want zij maken van hun kracht hun god.’
12 Och Here, mijn heilige God, U die eeuwig leeft: zou U met dit alles het plan hebben ons weg te vagen? Natuurlijk niet! Here, onze rots, U besloot de Chaldeeën te laten komen om ons te straffen en terecht te wijzen vanwege onze zonden. 13 U, die te reine ogen hebt om kwaad en onrecht te kunnen aanzien, hoe kunt U die verraders toelaten? Waarom doet U niets wanneer die goddeloze volken ons, die rechtvaardiger zijn dan zij, vernietigen? 14 Waarom behandelt u de mensen als vissen die gevangen en gedood worden, als kruipende dieren die geen leider hebben om hen te verdedigen tegen de vijand? 15 Moeten wij aan hun haken worden opgevist of uit hun netten worden gehaald terwijl zij juichen over hun vangst? 16 Dan brengen zij offers aan hun netten en branden er wierook voor. ‘Dit zijn de goden waaraan wij onze vette buit en overvloedige maaltijd te danken hebben!’ zeggen zij. 17 Mogen zij maar altijd zo doorgaan? Mogen zij voortdurend andere volken meedogenloos blijven vernietigen?
Habakkuk 1
New King James Version
Habakkuk 1
New King James Version
The Prophet Questions God’s Judgments
1 The [a]burden which the prophet Habakkuk saw.
The Prophet’s Question
2 O Lord, how long shall I cry,
(A)And You will not hear?
Even cry out to You, (B)“Violence!”
And You will (C)not save.
3 Why do You show me iniquity,
And cause me to see [b]trouble?
For plundering and violence are before me;
There is strife, and contention arises.
4 Therefore the law is powerless,
And justice never goes forth.
For the (D)wicked surround the righteous;
Therefore perverse judgment proceeds.
The Lord’s Reply
5 “Look(E) among the nations and watch—
Be utterly astounded!
For I will work a work in your days
Which you would not believe, though it were told you.
6 For indeed I am (F)raising up the Chaldeans,
A bitter and hasty (G)nation
Which marches through the breadth of the earth,
To possess dwelling places that are not theirs.
7 They are terrible and dreadful;
Their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.
8 Their horses also are (H)swifter than leopards,
And more fierce than evening wolves.
Their [c]chargers [d]charge ahead;
Their cavalry comes from afar;
They fly as the (I)eagle that hastens to eat.
9 “They all come for violence;
Their faces are set like the east wind.
They gather captives like sand.
10 They scoff at kings,
And princes are scorned by them.
They deride every stronghold,
For they heap up earthen mounds and seize it.
11 Then his [e]mind changes, and he transgresses;
He commits offense,
(J)Ascribing this power to his god.”
The Prophet’s Second Question
12 Are You not (K)from everlasting,
O Lord my God, my Holy One?
We shall not die.
O Lord, (L)You have appointed them for judgment;
O Rock, You have marked them for (M)correction.
13 You are of purer eyes than to behold evil,
And cannot look on wickedness.
Why do You look on those who deal treacherously,
And hold Your tongue when the wicked devours
A person more righteous than he?
14 Why do You make men like fish of the sea,
Like creeping things that have no ruler over them?
15 They take up all of them with a hook,
They catch them in their net,
And gather them in their dragnet.
Therefore they rejoice and are glad.
16 Therefore (N)they sacrifice to their net,
And burn incense to their dragnet;
Because by them their share is [f]sumptuous
And their food plentiful.
17 Shall they therefore empty their net,
And continue to slay nations without pity?
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 1:1 oracle, prophecy
- Habakkuk 1:3 Or toil
- Habakkuk 1:8 Lit. horsemen
- Habakkuk 1:8 Lit. spring about
- Habakkuk 1:11 Lit. spirit or wind
- Habakkuk 1:16 Lit. fat
Habakkuk 1
New International Version
Habakkuk 1
New International Version
1 The prophecy(A) that Habakkuk the prophet received.
Habakkuk’s Complaint
2 How long,(B) Lord, must I call for help,
but you do not listen?(C)
Or cry out to you, “Violence!”
but you do not save?(D)
3 Why do you make me look at injustice?
Why do you tolerate(E) wrongdoing?(F)
Destruction and violence(G) are before me;
there is strife,(H) and conflict abounds.
4 Therefore the law(I) is paralyzed,
and justice never prevails.
The wicked hem in the righteous,
so that justice(J) is perverted.(K)
The Lord’s Answer
5 “Look at the nations and watch—
and be utterly amazed.(L)
For I am going to do something in your days
that you would not believe,
even if you were told.(M)
6 I am raising up the Babylonians,[a](N)
that ruthless and impetuous people,
who sweep across the whole earth(O)
to seize dwellings not their own.(P)
7 They are a feared and dreaded people;(Q)
they are a law to themselves
and promote their own honor.
8 Their horses are swifter(R) than leopards,
fiercer than wolves(S) at dusk.
Their cavalry gallops headlong;
their horsemen come from afar.
They fly like an eagle swooping to devour;
9 they all come intent on violence.
Their hordes[b] advance like a desert wind
and gather prisoners(T) like sand.
10 They mock kings
and scoff at rulers.(U)
They laugh at all fortified cities;
by building earthen ramps(V) they capture them.
11 Then they sweep past like the wind(W) and go on—
guilty people, whose own strength is their god.”(X)
Habakkuk’s Second Complaint
12 Lord, are you not from everlasting?(Y)
My God, my Holy One,(Z) you[c] will never die.(AA)
You, Lord, have appointed(AB) them to execute judgment;
you, my Rock,(AC) have ordained them to punish.
13 Your eyes are too pure(AD) to look on evil;
you cannot tolerate wrongdoing.(AE)
Why then do you tolerate(AF) the treacherous?(AG)
Why are you silent while the wicked
swallow up those more righteous than themselves?(AH)
14 You have made people like the fish in the sea,
like the sea creatures that have no ruler.
15 The wicked(AI) foe pulls all of them up with hooks,(AJ)
he catches them in his net,(AK)
he gathers them up in his dragnet;
and so he rejoices and is glad.
16 Therefore he sacrifices to his net
and burns incense(AL) to his dragnet,
for by his net he lives in luxury
and enjoys the choicest food.
17 Is he to keep on emptying his net,
destroying nations without mercy?(AM)
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 1:6 Or Chaldeans
- Habakkuk 1:9 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
- Habakkuk 1:12 An ancient Hebrew scribal tradition; Masoretic Text we
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