Habakkuk

Habakkuk 1 ©

1 Unto Habakkuk, complaining of the iniquity of the land, 5 is showed the fearful vengeance by the Chaldeans: 12 he complaineth that vengeance should be executed by them who are far worse.

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THE aburden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.

a Na. 1.1. Is. 13.1; 15.1; 21.1; 22.1. Pr. 31.1. He. 1.1.
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O LORD, bhow long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of cviolence, and thou wilt not save!

b La. 3.8. 2Pe. 2.8. Ps. 119.136. Job 12.6; 21.7. Je. 12.1; 20.8. Ps. 73.3; 37.1,7.
c Mi. 6.12.
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dWhy dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.

d Je. 9.2-6. Mi. 7.2-6; 2.1,2; 3.2,3. Is. 5.7-23; 1.21,23. Eze. 22.2-13. Ps. 55.10,11. Zep. 3.1-4.
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Therefore ethe law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth *compass about the righteous; therefore 1wrong judgment proceedeth.

e Ec. 3.16. Ps. 58.1,2. Ho. 4.1,2. Is. 24.5; 59.2-15. Job 12.6; 21.7. Je. 12.1. Ps. 12.8; 94.20. Ps. 22.12.
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fBehold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for gI will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you.

f Ac. 13.41. Da. 9.12. La. 4.12. De. 29.18-28. Je. 22.9.
g Is. 29.14.
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For, lo, hI raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the 2breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs.

h De. 28.49-52. Is. 5.26-30; 23.13. Je.1.15,16; 4.7; 5.6; 6.22,23; 12.9-12; 25.9,11. 2Ki. 24; 25.
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They are terrible and dreadful: 3their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.

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iTheir horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more 4fierce than the jevening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly kas the eagle that hasteth to eat.

i De. 28.49,50. Je. 5.6,15. Is. 5.26-29.
j Zep. 3.3. Ps. 104.20.
k Je. 4.13. La. 4.19. Eze. 17.3,12. Lu. 17.37.
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They shall come all lfor violence: 5their faces shall sup up as mthe east wind, and they shall ngather the captivity as the sand.

l De. 28.51,52. Is. 5.29. Je. 4.7,19,20; 5.15-17; 25.9,38. ch. 2.5,8,10,15,17. v.13,14.
m Je. 4.11,12. Eze. 17.10. Ho. 13.15. Is. 27.8.
n ch. 2.5. Je. 25.9-26; 27.6,7; 52.28-30. v.15.
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oAnd they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall pderide every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.

o 2Ki. 24.11-16; 25.6,7,20,21. Je. 25.9,18-26; 46-49. Eze. 25; 26; 29; 35.
p Is. 14.16,17. Je. 51.20-23; 32.24; 33.4; 52.4.
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Then qshall his mind change, and he shall rpass over, and offend, simputing this his power unto his god.

q Da. 5.20; 4.30; 3.1-20. Is. 14.13,14.
r 2Ti. 2.13. Je. 5.28. Ho. 5.15.
s v.16. ch. 2.18,19. Da. 3.1-20; 5.4. Da. 11.38.
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Art thou not tfrom everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? uwe shall not die. O LORD, thou hast vordained them for judgment; and, O 6mighty God, thou hast 7established them for correction.

t De. 33.27. Ps. 90.2; 102.24-28. Is. 40.28; 57.15,16. Ex. 15.11. 1Sa. 2.2.
u ch. 3.2. Je. 4.27. Is. 10.21,22.
v Is. 10.5-7. Ps. 17.13. Eze. 30.25. Je. 25.9-26; 51.20-23.
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wThou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on 8iniquity: xwherefore lookest thou upon them ythat deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?

w Ex. 15.11. 1Sa. 2.2. Ge. 18.25. De. 32.4.
x Job 12.6; 21.7. Ps. 73.3; 37.7. Je. 12.1,2.
y Is. 33.1; 21.2. ch. 2.5,17. Je. 25.9,18-26,30-38; 46-49; 50.7,17,33. Eze. 7.24-27.
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And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the 9creeping things, that have no ruler over them?

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zThey take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their 10drag: atherefore they rejoice and are glad.

a Je. 50.11. La. 2.16. Re. 11.10. Pr. 10.23.
z Je. 16.16. v.9. ch. 2.5,8,10. Je. 25.9,18-26. Da. 5.19. Am. 4.2; 9.1-4.
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Therefore bthey sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their *meat 11plenteous.

b v.11. Is. 10.13-15. De. 8.17,18.
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Shall they therefore 12empty their net, cand not spare continually to slay the nations?

c v.9,10,15. ch. 2.5,8,17. Je. 51.20-23; 25.9,18-26,30-38; 46-49. Eze. 25-30. 2Ki. 24; 25. Is. 14.16,17.