Hab 1 | EngLXX | STEP | The burden which the prophet Ambacum saw.

‏ Habakkuk 1

1 The burden which the prophet Ambacum saw. 2 How long, O Lord, shall I cry out, and you will not hearken?how long shall I cry out to you being injured, and you will not save? 3 Wherefore have you shown me troubles and griefs to look upon, misery and ungodliness?judgment is before me, and the judge receives a reward. 4 Therefore the law is frustrated, and judgment proceeds not effectually, for the ungodlyman prevails over the just; therefore perverse judgment will proceed. 5 Behold, you⌃ despisers, and look, and wonder marvelously, and vanish: for I work a workin your days, which you⌃ will in no wise believe, though a man declareit to you. 6 Wherefore, behold, I stir up the Chaldeans, the bitter and hasty nation, that walks uponthe breadth of the earth, to inherit tabernacles not his own. 7 He is terrible and famous; his judgment shall proceed of himself, and his dignity shallcome out of himself. 8 And his horses shall boundmore swiftly than leopards, andthey are fiercer than the wolves of Arabia: and his horsemen shall ride forth, and shall rushfrom far; and they shall fly as an eagle hasting to eat. 9 Destruction shall come upon ungodly men, resisting with their adverse front, and he shallgather the captivity as the sand. 10 And he shall be at his ease with kings, and princes are his toys, and he shall mock atevery strong-hold, and shall cast a mound, and take possession of it. 11 Then shall he change his spirit, and he shall pass through, and make an atonement,saying, This strengthbelongs to my god. 12 Are not you from the beginning, O Lord God, my Holy One? and surely we shall not die. O Lord,you have established it for judgment, and he has formed me to chastenwith his correction. 13 His eye is too pure to behold evildoings, and to look upon grievous afflictions: wherefore do you look upon despisers? will yoube silent when the ungodly swallows up the just? 14 And will you make men as the fishes of the sea, and as the reptiles which have no guide? 15 He has brought up destruction with a hook, and drawn one with a casting net, and caughtanother in his drags: therefore shall his heart rejoice and be glad. 16 Therefore will he sacrifice to his drag, and burn incense to his casting-net, becauseby them he has made his portion fat, and his meats choice. 17 Therefore will he cast his net, and will not spare to kill the nations continually.