Habakkuk 1 (kjv)

The burden^H4853 which Habakkuk^H2265 the prophet^H5030 did see^H2372.²O LORD^H3068, how long shall I cry^H7768, and thou wilt not hear^H8085 ! even cry out^H2199 unto thee of violence^H2555, and thou wilt not save^H3467 !³Why dost thou shew^H7200 me iniquity^H205, and cause me to behold^H5027 grievance^H5999? for spoiling^H7701 and violence^H2555 are before me: and there are that raise up^H5375 strife^H7379 and contention^H4066.⁴Therefore the law^H8451 is slacked^H6313, and judgment^H4941 doth never^H5331 go forth^H3318: for the wicked^H7563 doth compass^H3803 about the righteous^H6662; therefore wrong^H6127 judgment^H4941 proceedeth^H3318.⁵Behold^H7200 ye among the heathen^H1471, and regard^H5027, and wonder^H8539 marvellously^H8539: for I will work^H6466 a work^H6467 in your days^H3117, which ye will not believe^H539, though it be told^H5608 you.⁶For, lo, I raise up^H6965 the Chaldeans^H3778, that bitter^H4751 and hasty^H4116 nation^H1471, which shall march^H1980 through the breadth^H4800 of the land^H776, to possess^H3423 the dwellingplaces^H4908 that are not theirs.⁷They are terrible^H366 and dreadful^H3372: their judgment^H4941 and their dignity^H7613 shall proceed^H3318 of themselves.⁸Their horses^H5483 also are swifter^H7043 than the leopards^H5246, and are more fierce^H2300 than the evening^H6153 wolves^H2061: and their horsemen^H6571 shall spread^H6335 themselves, and their horsemen^H6571 shall come^H935 from far^H7350; they shall fly^H5774 as the eagle^H5404 that hasteth^H2363 to eat^H398.⁹They shall come^H935 all for violence^H2555: their faces^H6440 shall sup up^H4041 as the east wind^H6921, and they shall gather^H622 the captivity^H7628 as the sand^H2344.¹⁰And they shall scoff^H7046 at the kings^H4428, and the princes^H7336 shall be a scorn^H4890 unto them: they shall deride^H7832 every strong hold^H4013; for they shall heap^H6651 dust^H6083, and take^H3920 it.¹¹Then shall his mind^H7307 change^H2498, and he shall pass over^H5674, and offend^H816, imputing this^H2098 his power^H3581 unto his god^H433.¹²Art thou not from everlasting^H6924, O LORD^H3068 my God^H430, mine Holy One^H6918? we shall not die^H4191. O LORD^H3068, thou hast ordained^H7760 them for judgment^H4941; and, O mighty God^H6697, thou hast established^H3245 them for correction^H3198.¹³Thou art of purer^H2889 eyes^H5869 than to behold^H7200 evil^H7451, and canst^H3201 not look^H5027 on iniquity^H5999: wherefore lookest^H5027 thou upon them that deal treacherously^H898, and holdest thy tongue^H2790 when the wicked^H7563 devoureth^H1104 the man that is more righteous^H6662 than he?¹⁴And makest^H6213 men^H120 as the fishes^H1709 of the sea^H3220, as the creeping things^H7431, that have no ruler^H4910 over them?¹⁵They take up^H5927 all of them with the angle^H2443, they catch^H1641 them in their net^H2764, and gather^H622 them in their drag^H4365: therefore they rejoice^H8055 and are glad^H1523.¹⁶Therefore they sacrifice^H2076 unto their net^H2764, and burn incense^H6999 unto their drag^H4365; because by them^H1992 their portion^H2506 is fat^H8082, and their meat^H3978 plenteous^H1277.¹⁷Shall they therefore empty^H7324 their net^H2764, and not spare^H2550 continually^H8548 to slay^H2026 the nations^H1471?