1 The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.
2 O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out
4 Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth:
5 Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvelously:
6 For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation,
7 They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity
8 Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more
9 They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the
10 And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a
11 Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend,
12 Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we
13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on
16 Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto
17 Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually