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,book #ce ,habakkuk  #jja3jja ,the      
oracle which ,habakkuk the prophet saw4 
#jja3jjb ,yahweh1 how long will ,i cry1 
and you will not hear8          ,i cry  
out to you ,violence6 and will you not  
save8  #jja3jjc ,why do you show me     
iniquity1 and look at perversity8       
,for destruction and violence are before
 me4  ,there is strife1          and    
contention rises up4  #jja3jjd          
,therefore the law is paralyzed1 and    
justice never goes forth2          for  
the wicked surround the righteous2      
therefore justice          goes forth   
perverted4  #jja3jje ,look among the    
nations1 watch1 and wonder marvelously2 
for ,i am working a work in your days1  
which you will not          believe     
though it is told you4  #jja3jjf ,for1  
behold1 ,i raise up the ,chaldeans1 that
 bitter and          hasty nation1 that 
march through the breadth of the earth1 
to possess dwelling places that are not 

theirs4  #jja3jjg ,they are feared and  
dreaded4  ,their judgment and their     
dignity          proceed from           
themselves4  #jja3jjh ,their horses also
 are swifter than leopards1 and are more
 fierce          than the evening       
wolves4  ,their horsemen press proudly  
on4          ,yes1 their horsemen come  
from afar4  ,they fly as an eagle       
that hurries to devour4  #jja3jji ,all  
of them come for violence4  ,their      
hordes face the desert4          ,he    
gathers prisoners like sand4  #jja3jaj  
,yes1 he scoffs at kings1 and princes   
are a derision to him4          ,he     
laughs at every stronghold1 for he      
builds up an earthen ramp1          and 
takes it4  #jja3jaa ,then he sweeps by  
like the wind1 and goes on4  ,he is     
indeed guilty1          whose strength  
is his god4  #jja3jab ,aren't you from  
everlasting1 ,yahweh my ,god1 my ,holy  
,one8  ,we will          not die4       
,yahweh1 you have appointed him for     
judgment4          ,you1 ,rock1 have    

established him to punish4  #jja3jac    
,you who have purer eyes than to see    
evil1 and who cannot look          on   
perversity1 why do you tolerate those   
who deal treacherously1          and    
keep silent when the wicked swallows up 
the man who is          more righteous  
than he1  #jja3jad and make men like the
 fish of the sea1 like the creeping     
things1          that have no ruler over
 them8  #jja3jae ,he takes up all of    
them with the hook4  ,he catches them in
 his net1          and gathers them in  
his dragnet4  ,therefore he rejoices    
and is glad4  #jja3jaf ,therefore he    
sacrifices to his net1 and burns incense
          to his dragnet1 because by    
them his life is luxurious1          and
 his food is good4  #jja3jag ,will he   
therefore continually empty his net1 and
 kill          the nations without      
mercy8  #jjb3jja ,i will stand at my    
watch1 and set myself on the ramparts1  
and will look out to see what he will   
say to me1 and what ,i          will    

answer concerning my complaint4         
#jjb3jjb ,yahweh answered me1 ,write the
 vision1 and make it plain          on  
tablets1 that he may run who reads it4  
#jjb3jjc ,for the vision is yet for the 
appointed time1          and it hurries 
toward the end1 and won't prove false4  
,though it takes time1 wait for it2     
because it will surely come4            
,it won't delay4  #jjb3jjd ,behold1 his 
soul is puffed up4  ,it is not upright  
in him1          but the righteous will 
live by his faith4  #jjb3jje ,yes1      
moreover1 wine is treacherous4  ,a      
haughty man who doesn't stay          at
 home1 who enlarges his desire as       
,sheol1 and he is like death1           
and can't be satisfied1 but gathers to  
himself all nations1          and heaps 
to himself all peoples4  #jjb3jjf ,won't
 all these take up a parable against    
him1 and a taunting          proverb    
against him1 and say1 ',woe to him who  
increases          that which is not    
his1 and who enriches himself by        

extortion6          ,how long8'         
#jjb3jjg ,won't your debtors rise up    
suddenly1 and wake up those who make    
you tremble1 and you will be their      
victim8  #jjb3jjh ,because you have     
plundered many nations1 all the remnant 
of the peoples will plunder you1 because
 of men's blood1          and for the   
violence done to the land1 to the city  
and to all          who dwell in it4    
#jjb3jji ,woe to him who gets an evil   
gain for his house1 that he may set     
his nest on high1 that he may be        
delivered from the hand of evil6        
#jjb3jaj ,you have devised shame to your
 house1 by cutting off many peoples1    
and have sinned against your soul4      
#jjb3jaa ,for the stone will cry out of 
the wall1 and the beam out          of  
the woodwork will answer it4  #jjb3jab  
,woe to him who builds a town with      
blood1 and establishes          a city  
by iniquity6  #jjb3jac ,behold1 isn't it
 of ,yahweh of ,armies that the peoples 
labor          for the fire1 and the    

nations weary themselves for vanity8    
#jjb3jad ,for the earth will be filled  
with the knowledge of the glory         
of ,yahweh1 as the waters cover the sea4
  #jjb3jae ,woe to him who gives his    
neighbor drink1 pouring your            
inflaming wine until they are drunk1 so 
that you may gaze          at their     
naked bodies6  #jjb3jaf ,you are filled 
with shame1 and not glory4  ,you will   
also drink1          and be exposed6    
,the cup of ,yahweh's right hand will   
come          around to you1 and        
disgrace will cover your glory4         
#jjb3jag ,for the violence done to      
,lebanon will overwhelm you1            
and the destruction of the animals1     
which made them afraid2          because
 of men's blood1 and for the violence   
done to the land1          to every city
 and to those who dwell in them4        
#jjb3jah ,what value does the engraved  
image have1 that its maker has          
engraved it2 the molten image1 even the 
teacher of lies1          that he who   

fashions its form trusts in it1 to make 
mute idols8  #jjb3jai ,woe to him who   
says to the wood1 ',awake6' or to the   
mute          stone1 ',arise6'  ,shall  
this teach8  ,behold1 it is overlaid    
with gold and silver1 and there is no   
breath at all in          the midst of  
it4  #jjb3jbj ,but ,yahweh is in his    
holy temple4  ,let all the earth be     
silent before him6  #jjc3jja ,a prayer  
of ,habakkuk1 the prophet1 set to       
victorious music4  #jjc3jjb ,yahweh1 ,i 
have heard of your fame4  ,i stand in   
awe of          your deeds1 ,yahweh4    
,renew your work in the midst of the    
years4          ,in the midst of the    
years make it known4  ,in wrath1        
you remember mercy4  #jjc3jjc ,god came 
from ,teman1 the ,holy ,one from ,mount 
,paran4  ,selah4  ,his glory            
covered the heavens1 and his praise     
filled the earth4  #jjc3jjd ,his        
splendor is like the sunrise4  ,rays    
shine from his hand1          where his 
power is hidden4  #jjc3jje ,plague went 

before him1 and pestilence followed his 
feet4  #jjc3jjf ,he stood1 and shook the
 earth4  ,he looked1 and made           
the nations tremble4  ,the ancient      
mountains were crumbled4          ,the  
age-old hills collapsed4  ,his ways are 
eternal4  #jjc3jjg ,i saw the tents of  
,cushan in affliction4  ,the dwellings  
of the land of ,midian trembled4        
#jjc3jjh ,was ,yahweh displeased with   
the rivers8  ,was your anger against    
the rivers1 or your wrath against the   
sea1 that you rode          on your     
horses1 on your chariots of salvation8  
#jjc3jji ,you uncovered your bow4  ,you 
called for your sworn arrows4           
,selah4  ,you split the earth with      
rivers4  #jjc3jaj ,the mountains saw    
you1 and were afraid4  ,the storm of    
waters          passed by4  ,the deep   
roared and lifted up its hands on high4 
#jjc3jaa ,the sun and moon stood still  
in the sky1 at the light of your        
arrows as they went1 at the shining of  
your glittering spear4  #jjc3jab ,you   

marched through the land in wrath4  ,you
 threshed          the nations in anger4
  #jjc3jac ,you went forth for the      
salvation of your people1 for the       
salvation          of your anointed4    
,you crushed the head of the land of    
wickedness4          ,you stripped them 
head to foot4  ,selah4  #jjc3jad ,you   
pierced the heads of his warriors with  
their own spears4          ,they came as
 a whirlwind to scatter me1 gloating as 
if to devour          the wretched in   
secret4  #jjc3jae ,you trampled the sea 
with your horses1 churning mighty       
waters4  #jjc3jaf ,i heard1 and my body 
trembled4  ,my lips quivered at the     
voice4          ,rottenness enters into 
my bones1 and ,i tremble in my place1   
because ,i must wait quietly for the day
 of trouble1          for the coming up 
of the people who invade us4  #jjc3jag  
,for though the fig tree doesn't        
flourish1 nor fruit be in the vines2    
the labor of the olive fails1 the fields
 yield no food2          the flocks are 

cut off from the fold1 and there is no  
herd          in the stalls3  #jjc3jah  
yet ,i will rejoice in ,yahweh4  ,i will
 be joyful in the ,god          of my   
salvation6  #jjc3jai ,yahweh1 the ,lord1
 is my strength4  ,he makes my feet     
like deer's feet1 and enables me to go  
in high places4          ,for the music 
director1 on my stringed instruments4