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Havakuk’s complaint

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1:2 Havakuk’s complaint

Southern kingdom

2 For how long, Yahweh, must I call for help before you listen?

≈ I cry out about the violence, but you haven’t rescued me.

3 Why do I have to keep seeing injustice and looking at trouble?

≈ Destruction and violence are all around—there’s such strife, and conflicts keep happening.

4 That’s why the law is paralysed and why justice doesn’t prevail—

because those who do good are surrounded by wicked people, so justice gets perverted.

2 Until when Oh_YHWH have_I_cried_for_help and_not you_will_hear I_cry_out to_you violence and_not you_save.

3 To/for_what do_you_make_me_see wickedness and_mischief do_you_look_at and_devastation and_violence are_to_before_me and_ strife _he/it_was and_contention it_arises.

4 Therefore yes/correct/thus/so the_law it_grows_numb and_not it_comes_forth to_perpetuity justice if/because the_wicked is_surrounding DOM the_righteous_person therefore yes/correct/thus/so justice perverted it_comes_forth.

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OET HAB Intro C1 C2 C3