Verse 2

Habakkuk 1:2

King James Version

2 O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt 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 O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou...

3 Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are befo... Focus ↗

4 Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about th... Focus ↗

5 Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your day... Focus ↗

6 For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the bread... Focus ↗

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

8 Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and th... Focus ↗

9 They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather... Focus ↗

10 And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride eve... Focus ↗

11 Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god... Focus ↗

12 Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God (Elohim), mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou... Focus ↗

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

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

15 They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag... Focus ↗

16 Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their por... Focus ↗

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

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