Habakkuk 1:12-2:1
Revised Standard Version
12 Art thou not from everlasting,
O Lord my God, my Holy One?
We shall not die.
O Lord, thou hast ordained them as a judgment;
and thou, O Rock, hast established them for chastisement.
13 Thou who art of purer eyes than to behold evil
and canst not look on wrong,
why dost thou look on faithless men,
and art silent when the wicked swallows up
the man more righteous than he?
14 For thou makest men like the fish of the sea,
like crawling things that have no ruler.
15 He brings all of them up with a hook,
he drags them out with his net,
he gathers them in his seine;
so he rejoices and exults.
16 Therefore he sacrifices to his net
and burns incense to his seine;
for by them he lives in luxury,[a]
and his food is rich.
17 Is he then to keep on emptying his net,
and mercilessly slaying nations for ever?
God’s Reply to the Prophet’s Complaint
2 I will take my stand to watch,
and station myself on the tower,
and look forth to see what he will say to me,
and what I will answer concerning my complaint.
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 1:16 Heb his portion is fat
Habakkuk 1:12-2:1
American Standard Version
12 Art not thou from everlasting, O Jehovah my God, my Holy One? we shall not die. O Jehovah, thou hast ordained him for judgment; and thou, O Rock, hast established him for correction. 13 Thou that art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and that canst not look on perverseness, wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy peace when the wicked swalloweth up the man that is more righteous than he; 14 and makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them? 15 He taketh up all of them with the angle, he catcheth them in his net, and gathereth them in his drag: therefore he rejoiceth and is glad. 16 Therefore he sacrificeth unto his net, and burneth incense unto his drag; because by them his portion is fat, and his food [a]plenteous. 17 Shall he therefore empty his net, and spare not to slay the nations continually?
2 I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the [b]tower, and will look forth to see what he will speak [c]with me, and what I shall answer concerning my complaint.
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 1:16 Hebrew fat.
- Habakkuk 2:1 Or, fortress
- Habakkuk 2:1 Or, by
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