Habakkuk's Second Complaint

12 Are you not (A)from everlasting,
    O Lord my God, my Holy One?
    (B)We shall not die.
O Lord, (C)you have ordained them as a judgment,
    and you, O (D)Rock, have established them for reproof.

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(A)“The Rock, (B)his work is perfect,
    for (C)all his ways are justice.
A God of faithfulness and (D)without iniquity,
    just and upright is he.

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(A)Before the (B)mountains were brought forth,
    or ever you had formed the earth and the world,
    (C)from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

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27 The eternal God is your (A)dwelling place,[a]
    and underneath are the everlasting arms.[b]
And he thrust out the enemy before you
    and said, ‘Destroy.’

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 33:27 Or a dwelling place
  2. Deuteronomy 33:27 Revocalization of verse 27 yields He subdues the ancient gods, and shatters the forces of old

28 (A)Fear not, O Jacob my servant,
declares the Lord,
    for I am with you.
I will make a full end of all the nations
    to which I have driven you,
    but of you I will not make a full end.
(B)I will discipline you in just measure,
    and I will by no means leave you unpunished.”

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11 (A)For I am with you to save you,
declares the Lord;
(B)I will make a full end of all the nations
    among whom I scattered you,
    but of you I will not make a full end.
(C)I will (D)discipline you in just measure,
    and I will by no means leave you unpunished.

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(A)Your throne is established from of old;
    (B)you are from everlasting.

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Jesus Christ is (A)the same yesterday and today and forever.

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And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons?

(A)“My son, (B)do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,
    nor be weary when reproved by him.
For (C)the Lord disciplines the one he loves,
    and chastises every son whom he receives.”

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10 And,

(A)“You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning,
    and the heavens are the work of your hands;
11 they will perish, but you remain;
    they will all wear out like a garment,
12 like a robe you will roll them up,
    like a garment they will be changed.[a]
But you are (B)the same,
    and your years will have no end.”

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 1:12 Some manuscripts omit like a garment

Behold, (A)the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom,
    and I will destroy it from the surface of the ground,
    (B)except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,”
declares the Lord.

“For behold, I will command,
    (C)and shake the house of Israel among all the nations
as one shakes with a sieve,
    but no pebble shall fall to the earth.

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11 Then he said to me, (A)“Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and (B)our hope is lost; (C)we are indeed cut off.’ 12 Therefore (D)prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, (E)I will open your graves and raise you from your graves, O my people. And (F)I will bring you into the land of Israel. 13 And (G)you shall know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves, and raise you from your graves, O my people. 14 And (H)I will put my Spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I am the Lord; (I)I have spoken, and I will do it, declares the Lord.”

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16 (A)who alone has immortality, (B)who dwells in (C)unapproachable light, (D)whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.

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