Verse 2

Habakkuk 1:2

Darby Translation

2 Jehovah, how long shall I cry and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee, Violence! and thou dost not save.

Original Language Text

hebrew

עַד אָ֧נָה יְהוָ֛ה שִׁוַּ֖עְתִּי וְ/לֹ֣א תִשְׁמָ֑ע אֶזְעַ֥ק אֵלֶ֛י/ךָ חָמָ֖ס וְ/לֹ֥א תוֹשִֽׁיעַ

English Translation

How long, O Lord, will I cry out and you will not hear? I cry out to you, "Violence!" and you will not save.

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Chapter 1 Context

1 The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. Focus ↗

2 Jehovah, how long shall I cry and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee, Violence! and thou dost n...

3 Why dost thou cause me to see iniquity, and lookest thou upon grievance? For spoiling and violence a... Focus ↗

4 Therefore the law is powerless, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked encompasseth the rig... Focus ↗

5 See ye among the nations, and behold, and wonder marvellously; for [I] work a work in your days, whi... Focus ↗

6 For behold, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and impetuous nation, which marcheth through the b... Focus ↗

7 They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves. Focus ↗

8 And their horses are swifter than the leopards, and are more agile than the evening wolves; and thei... Focus ↗

9 They come all of them for violence: the crowd of their faces is forwards, and they gather captives a... Focus ↗

10 Yea, he scoffeth at kings, and princes are a scorn unto him; he derideth every stronghold: for he he... Focus ↗

11 Then will his mind change, and he will pass on, and become guilty: this his power is become his God... Focus ↗

12 Art thou not from everlasting, Jehovah my God (Elohim), my Holy One? We shall not die. Jehovah, thou... Focus ↗

13 [Thou art] of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on mischief: wherefore lookest thou... Focus ↗

14 And thou makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them. Focus ↗

15 He taketh up all of them with the hook, he catcheth them in his net, and gathereth them into his dra... Focus ↗

16 therefore he sacrificeth unto his net, and burneth incense unto his drag; for by them his portion is... Focus ↗

17 Shall he therefore empty his net, and not spare to slay the nations continually? Focus ↗

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