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Habakkuk 1:10-12
Evangelical Heritage Version
Habakkuk 1:10-12
Evangelical Heritage Version
10 They mock kings, and rulers are subjected to scorn. They laugh at every fortified city. They heap up siege ramps and capture cities. 11 But then the wind blows and passes over them,[a] and they will bear their guilt—these men whose own strength is their god.
Habakkuk Replies
12 Are you not from ancient times, O Lord?
My God, my Holy One, you will not die.[b]
Lord, you have made them your instrument of judgment.
You, our Rock, have established them as your instrument of discipline.[c]
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 1:11 Or then the wind blows and they move on. The meaning of this sentence is uncertain.
- Habakkuk 1:12 The translation follows the alternate Hebrew reading, known as a correction of the scribes. The standard Hebrew text reads we will not die, likely because scribes did not want to mention death and God in the same sentence.
- Habakkuk 1:12 In this verse it is uncertain whether the Lord made the Babylonians recipients of judgment because of their godlessness or whether he made them instruments of judgment against Israel. The translation follows the second option.
Evangelical Heritage Version (EHV)
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