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  1:1 ¶
The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. |
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1:1 ¶
The burden°
which°
Habakkuk°
the prophet°
did see.°° |
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1:2
O Jehovah, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save. |
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1:2
O LORD,°
how long°°
shall I cry,°°
and thou wilt not°
hear!°°
[even] cry out°°
unto°
thee [of] violence,°
and thou wilt not°
save!°° |
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1:3
Why dost thou show me iniquity, and look upon perverseness? for destruction and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention riseth up. |
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1:3
Why°
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.° |
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1:4
Therefore the law is slacked, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore justice goeth forth perverted. |
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1:4
Therefore°°
the law°
is slacked,°°
and judgment°
doth never°°
go forth:°°
for°
the wicked°
doth compass°°
about°°
the righteous;°
therefore°°
wrong°°
judgment°
proceedeth.°° |
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1:5 ¶
Behold ye among the nations, and look, and wonder marvellously; for I am working a work in your days, which ye will not believe though it be told you. |
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1:5 ¶
Behold°°
ye among the heathen,°
and regard,°°
and wonder°°
marvellously:°°
for°
[I] will work°°
a work°
in your days,°
[which] ye will not°
believe,°°
though°
it be told°°
[you]. |
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1:6
For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, that march through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling-places that are not theirs. |
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1:6
For,°
lo,°
I raise up°°°
the Chaldeans,°
[that] bitter°
and hasty°°
nation,°
which shall march°°
through the breadth°
of the land,°
to possess°°
the dwellingplaces°
[that are] not°
theirs. |
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1:7
They are terrible and dreadful; their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves. |
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1:7
They°
[are] terrible°
and dreadful:°°
their judgment°
and their dignity°
shall proceed°°
of°
themselves. |
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1:8
Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves; and their horsemen press proudly on: yea, their horsemen come from far; they fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour. |
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1:8
Their horses°
also are swifter°°
than the leopards,°°
and are more fierce°°
than the evening°
wolves:°°
and their horsemen°
shall spread°°
themselves, and their horsemen°
shall come°°
from far;°°
they shall fly°°
as the eagle°
[that] hasteth°°
to eat.°° |
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1:9
They come all of them for violence; the set of their faces is forwards; and they gather captives as the sand. |
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1:9
They shall come°°
all°
for violence:°
their faces°
shall sup up°
[as] the east wind,°
and they shall gather°°
the captivity°
as the sand.° |
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1:10
Yea, he scoffeth at kings, and princes are a derision unto him; he derideth every stronghold; for he heapeth up dust, and taketh it. |
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1:10
And they°
shall scoff°°
at the kings,°
and the princes°°
shall be a scorn°
unto them: they°
shall deride°°
every°
strong hold;°
for they shall heap°°
dust,°
and take°°
it. |
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1:11
Then shall he sweep by [as] a wind, and shall pass over, and be guilty, [even] he whose might is his god. |
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1:11
Then°
shall [his] mind°
change,°°
and he shall pass over,°°
and offend,°°
[imputing] this°
his power°
unto his god.° |
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1:12 ¶
Art not thou from everlasting, O Jehovah my God, my Holy One? we shall not die. O Jehovah, thou hast ordained him for judgment; and thou, O Rock, hast established him for correction. |
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1:12 ¶
[Art] thou°
not°
from everlasting,°°
O LORD°
my God,°
mine Holy One?°
we shall not°
die.°°
O LORD,°
thou hast ordained°°
them for judgment;°
and, O mighty God,°
thou hast established°°
them for correction.°° |
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1:13
Thou that art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and that canst not look on perverseness, wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy peace when the wicked swalloweth up the man that is more righteous than he; |
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1:13
[Thou art] of purer°
eyes°
than to behold°°°
evil,°
and canst°°
not°
look°°
on°
iniquity:°
wherefore°
lookest°°
thou upon them that deal treacherously,°°
[and] holdest thy tongue°°
when the wicked°
devoureth°°
[the man that is] more righteous°
than°
he? |
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1:14
and makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them? |
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1:14
And makest°°
men°
as the fishes°
of the sea,°
as the creeping things,°
[that have] no°
ruler°°
over them? |
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1:15
He taketh up all of them with the angle, he catcheth them in his net, and gathereth them in his drag: therefore he rejoiceth and is glad. |
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1:15
They take up°°
all°
of them with the angle,°
they catch°°
them in their net,°
and gather°°
them in their drag:°
therefore°°
they rejoice°°
and are glad.°° |
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1:16
Therefore he sacrificeth unto his net, and burneth incense unto his drag; because by them his portion is fat, and his food plenteous. |
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1:16
Therefore°°
they sacrifice°°
unto their net,°
and burn incense°°
unto their drag;°
because°
by them°
their portion°
[is] fat,°
and their meat°
plenteous.° |
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1:17
Shall he therefore empty his net, and spare not to slay the nations continually? |
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1:17
Shall they therefore°°
empty°°
their net,°
and not°
spare°°
continually°
to slay°°
the nations?° |
