Verse 15

Habakkuk 1:15

New Living Translation

15 Must we be strung up on their hooks and caught in their nets while they rejoice and celebrate?

Original Language Text

hebrew

כֻּלֹּ/ה֙ בְּ/חַכָּ֣ה הֵֽעֲלָ֔ה יְגֹרֵ֣/הוּ בְ/חֶרְמ֔/וֹ וְ/יַאַסְפֵ֖/הוּ בְּ/מִכְמַרְתּ֑/וֹ עַל כֵּ֖ן יִשְׂמַ֥ח וְ/יָגִֽיל

English Translation

All in waiting she has lifted up his fear in his destruction, and he will gather him in his hiding place; therefore he will rejoice and be glad.

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Chapter 1 Context

1 This is the message that the prophet Habakkuk received in a vision. Focus ↗

2 How long, O LORD, must I call for help? But you do not listen! “Violence is everywhere!” I cry... Focus ↗

3 Must I forever see these evil deeds? Why must I watch all this misery? Wherever I look, I s... Focus ↗

4 The law has become paralyzed, and there is no justice in the courts. The wicked far outnumber... Focus ↗

5 The LORD replied, “Look around at the nations; look and be amazed! For I am doing something in... Focus ↗

6 I am raising up the Babylonians, a cruel and violent people. They will march across the world<... Focus ↗

7 They are notorious for their cruelty and do whatever they like. Focus ↗

8 Their horses are swifter than cheetahs and fiercer than wolves at dusk. Their charioteers char... Focus ↗

9 “On they come, all bent on violence. Their hordes advance like a desert wind, sweeping captive... Focus ↗

10 They scoff at kings and princes and scorn all their fortresses. They simply pile ramps of eart... Focus ↗

11 They sweep past like the wind and are gone. But they are deeply guilty, for their own stren... Focus ↗

12 O LORD my God (Elohim), my Holy One, you who are eternal — surely you do not plan to wipe us out?... Focus ↗

13 But you are pure and cannot stand the sight of evil. Will you wink at their treachery? Should... Focus ↗

14 Are we only fish to be caught and killed? Are we only sea creatures that have no leader? Focus ↗

15 Must we be strung up on their hooks and caught in their nets while they rejoice and celebrate?<br...

16 Then they will worship their nets and burn incense in front of them. “These nets are the gods... Focus ↗

17 Will you let them get away with this forever? Will they succeed forever in their heartless conque... Focus ↗

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