mt2=The Book of mt1=Habakkuk p={c1}{v1}\w The|strong="H0834"\w* revelation \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w Habakkuk|strong="H2265"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w saw|strong="H2372"\w*. {v2}\w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*,\f + \fr 1:2 \ft When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “LORD” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name.\f* \w how|strong="H0575"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w cry|strong="H2199"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*? \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w cry|strong="H2199"\w* \w out|strong="H2199"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* “\w Violence|strong="H2555"\w*!” \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w save|strong="H3467"\w*? {v3}\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H7200"\w* \w show|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H0205"\w*, \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w look|strong="H7200"\w* \w at|strong="H7200"\w* perversity? \w For|strong="H5999"\w* \w destruction|strong="H7701"\w* \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w violence|strong="H2555"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w before|strong="H5048"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*. \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w strife|strong="H7379"\w*, \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w contention|strong="H4066"\w* rises \w up|strong="H5375"\w*. {v4}\w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w is|strong="H3651"\w* paralysed, \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w justice|strong="H4941"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* prevails; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w surround|strong="H3803"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*; \w therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w justice|strong="H4941"\w* \w comes|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w perverted|strong="H6127"\w*. p={v5}“\w Look|strong="H7200"\w* amongst \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, \w watch|strong="H7200"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w wonder|strong="H8539"\w* marvellously; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w working|strong="H6466"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w work|strong="H6467"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w your|strong="H7200"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w which|strong="H1471"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w believe|strong="H0539"\w* \w though|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w told|strong="H5608"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. {v6}\w For|strong="H3588"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2005"\w*,\f + \fr 1:6 \ft “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.\f* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H1980"\w* \w raising|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Kasdim, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w bitter|strong="H4751"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w hasty|strong="H4116"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w who|strong="H3778"\w* \w march|strong="H1980"\w* \w through|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* width \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w possess|strong="H3423"\w* \w dwelling|strong="H4908"\w* \w places|strong="H4908"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H0776"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* theirs. {v7}\w They|strong="H1931"\w* \w are|strong="H4941"\w* \w feared|strong="H3372"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w dreaded|strong="H0366"\w*. \w Their|strong="H4480"\w* judgement \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w their|strong="H4480"\w* \w dignity|strong="H7613"\w* \w proceed|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* themselves. {v8}\w Their|strong="H0398"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w also|strong="H0935"\w* \w are|strong="H7350"\w* \w swifter|strong="H7043"\w* than \w leopards|strong="H5246"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w are|strong="H7350"\w* more fierce than \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w* \w wolves|strong="H2061"\w*. \w Their|strong="H0398"\w* \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w* \w press|strong="H0935"\w* proudly \w on|strong="H0935"\w*. Yes, \w their|strong="H0398"\w* \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w afar|strong="H7350"\w*. \w They|strong="H0935"\w* \w fly|strong="H5774"\w* \w as|strong="H0935"\w* \w an|strong="H0935"\w* \w eagle|strong="H5404"\w* \w that|strong="H5404"\w* hurries \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w devour|strong="H0398"\w*. {v9}\w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H0935"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w violence|strong="H2555"\w*. \w Their|strong="H3605"\w* hordes \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w forward|strong="H6440"\w*. \w They|strong="H0935"\w* \w gather|strong="H0622"\w* \w prisoners|strong="H7628"\w* \w like|strong="H6440"\w* \w sand|strong="H2344"\w*. {v10}Yes, \w they|strong="H3605"\w* scoff \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* princes \w are|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3920"\w* derision \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H1931"\w*. \w They|strong="H3605"\w* \w laugh|strong="H7832"\w* \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* stronghold, \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* build \w up|strong="H6651"\w* an earthen ramp \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w take|strong="H3920"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*. {v11}\w Then|strong="H0227"\w* \w they|strong="H0430"\w* \w sweep|strong="H2498"\w* \w by|strong="H0430"\w* \w like|strong="H7307"\w* \w the|strong="H0227"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w go|strong="H5674"\w* \w on|strong="H0430"\w*. \w They|strong="H0430"\w* \w are|strong="H0430"\w* indeed \w guilty|strong="H0816"\w*, \w whose|strong="H2098"\w* \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* \w is|strong="H0430"\w* \w their|strong="H0227"\w* \w god|strong="H0430"\w*.” p={v12}Aren’t \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* everlasting, \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*,\f + \fr 1:12 \ft The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).\f* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* \w Holy|strong="H6918"\w* \w One|strong="H6918"\w*? \w We|strong="H4191"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*. \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w have|strong="H0859"\w* \w appointed|strong="H7760"\w* \w them|strong="H7760"\w* \w for|strong="H4941"\w* judgement. \w You|strong="H0859"\w*, \w Rock|strong="H6697"\w*, \w have|strong="H0859"\w* \w established|strong="H3245"\w* \w him|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w punish|strong="H3198"\w*. {v13}\w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H6662"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* purer \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w who|strong="H6662"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w look|strong="H7200"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* perversity, \w why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w tolerate|strong="H3201"\w* \w those|strong="H4480"\w* \w who|strong="H6662"\w* \w deal|strong="H0898"\w* \w treacherously|strong="H0898"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w keep|strong="H7200"\w* \w silent|strong="H2790"\w* \w when|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w swallows|strong="H1104"\w* \w up|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w man|strong="H7563"\w* \w who|strong="H6662"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w more|strong="H4480"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w*, {v14}\w and|strong="H0120"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w men|strong="H0120"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w fish|strong="H1709"\w* \w of|strong="H3220"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w creeping|strong="H7431"\w* \w things|strong="H7431"\w* \w that|strong="H7431"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w ruler|strong="H4910"\w* \w over|strong="H4910"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*? 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