Habakkuk 1:11-13

Good News Translation

¹¹ Then they sweep on like the wind and are gone, these men whose power is their god.”

Habakkuk Complains to the Lord Again

¹² Lord, from the very beginning you are God. You are my God, holy and eternal. Lord, my God and protector, you have chosen the Babylonians and made them strong so that they can punish us. ¹³ But how can you stand these treacherous, evil men? Your eyes are too holy to look at evil, and you cannot stand the sight of people doing wrong. So why are you silent while they destroy people who are more righteous than they are?