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10 They make fun of kings,
    deriding those who rule.
They laugh at all of the fortified places,
    constructing ramps to seize them.
11 Then like[a] the wind sweeping by
    they will pass through—
they’re guilty because they say[b] their power is their god.”

The Prophet’s Second Complaint

12 “Haven’t you existed forever,
    Lord my God, my Holy One?
        We won’t die!
Lord, you’ve prepared them[c] for judgment;
    Rock, you’ve sentenced them[d] to correction.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 1:11 The Heb. lacks like
  2. Habakkuk 1:11 The Heb. lacks they say
  3. Habakkuk 1:12 I.e. the Babylonian invaders
  4. Habakkuk 1:12 I.e. the Babylonian invaders