1:1 The burden 4853 which Habakkuk 2265 the prophet 5030 did see 2372 8804.

1:2 O LORD 3068, how long shall I cry 7768 8765, and thou wilt not hear 8085 8799! [even] cry out 2199 8799 unto thee [of] violence 2555, and thou wilt not save 3467 8686!

1:3 Why dost thou shew 7200 8686 me iniquity 205, and cause [me] to behold 5027 8686 grievance 5999? for spoiling 7701 and violence 2555 [are] before me: and there are [that] raise up 5375 8799 strife 7379 and contention 4066.

1:4 Therefore the law 8451 is slacked 6313 8799, and judgment 4941 doth never 5331 go forth 3318 8799: for the wicked 7563 doth compass 3803 8688 about the righteous 6662; therefore wrong 6127 8794 judgment 4941 proceedeth 3318 8799.(wrong: or, wrested)

1:5 Behold 7200 8798 ye among the heathen 1471, and regard 5027 8685, and wonder 8539 8690 marvellously 8539 8798: for [I] will work 6466 8802 a work 6467 in your days 3117, [which] ye will not believe 539 8686, though it be told 5608 8792 [you].

1:6 For, lo, I raise up 6965 8688 the Chaldeans 3778, [that] bitter 4751 and hasty 4116 8737 nation 1471, which shall march 1980 8802 through the breadth 4800 of the land 776, to possess 3423 8800 the dwellingplaces 4908 [that are] not theirs.(breadth: Heb. breadths)

1:7 They [are] terrible 366 and dreadful 3372 8737: their judgment 4941 and their dignity 7613 shall proceed 3318 8799 of themselves.(their judgment…: or, from them shall proceed the judgment of these, and the captivity of these)

1:8 Their horses 5483 also are swifter 7043 8804 than the leopards 5246, and are more fierce 2300 8804 than the evening 6153 wolves 2061: and their horsemen 6571 shall spread 6335 8804 themselves, and their horsemen 6571 shall come 935 8799 from far 7350; they shall fly 5774 8799 as the eagle 5404 [that] hasteth 2363 8804 to eat 398 8800.(fierce: Heb. sharp)

1:9 They shall come 935 8799 all for violence 2555: their faces 6440 shall sup up 4041 [as] the east wind 6921, and they shall gather 622 8799 the captivity 7628 as the sand 2344.(their…: or, the supping up of their faces, etc: or, their faces shall look (Heb. the opposition of their faces) toward the east)

1:10 And they shall scoff 7046 8691 at the kings 4428, and the princes 7336 8802 shall be a scorn 4890 unto them: they shall deride 7832 8799 every strong hold 4013; for they shall heap 6651 8799 dust 6083, and take 3920 8799 it.

1:11 Then shall [his] mind 7307 change 2498 8804, and he shall pass over 5674 8799, and offend 816 8804, [imputing] this 2098 his power 3581 unto his god 433.

1:12 [Art] thou not from everlasting 6924, O LORD 3068 my God 430, mine Holy One 6918? we shall not die 4191 8799. O LORD 3068, thou hast ordained 7760 8804 them for judgment 4941; and, O mighty God 6697, thou hast established 3245 8804 them for correction 3198 8687.(mighty…: Heb. rock. established: Heb. founded)

1:13 [Thou art] of purer 2889 eyes 5869 than to behold 7200 8800 evil 7451, and canst 3201 8799 not look 5027 8687 on iniquity 5999: wherefore lookest 5027 8686 thou upon them that deal treacherously 898 8802, [and] holdest thy tongue 2790 8686 when the wicked 7563 devoureth 1104 8763 [the man that is] more righteous 6662 than he?(iniquity: or, grievance)

1:14 And makest 6213 8799 men 120 as the fishes 1709 of the sea 3220, as the creeping things 7431, [that have] no ruler 4910 8802 over them?(creeping: or, moving)

1:15 They take up 5927 8689 all of them with the angle 2443, they catch 1641 8799 them in their net 2764, and gather 622 8799 them in their drag 4365: therefore they rejoice 8055 8799 and are glad 1523 8799.(drag: or, flue net)

1:16 Therefore they sacrifice 2076 8762 unto their net 2764, and burn incense 6999 8762 unto their drag 4365; because by them 1992 their portion 2506 [is] fat 8082, and their meat 3978 plenteous 1277.(plenteous: or, dainty: Heb. fat)