Thematic Bible
Habakkuk 1:1 (show verse)
The pronouncement that the prophet Habakkuk perceived.
Habakkuk 1:2 (show verse)
"How long, LORD, must I cry out for help, but you won't listen? I'm crying out to you, "Violence!' but you aren't providing deliverance.
Afflictions » Life tested by the lord » Sometimes prolonged
Apparent injustice » Sometimes attributed to God
Christian ministers » Discouragements of
Injustice » Sometimes attributed to God
Partiality » Sometimes attributed to God
Prayer » Answer to, delayed
Prayer » Habakkuk
Punishment » Delayed
Trials » Sometimes prolonged
Apparent injustice » Sometimes attributed to God
Christian ministers » Discouragements of
Injustice » Sometimes attributed to God
Partiality » Sometimes attributed to God
Prayer » Answer to, delayed
Prayer » Habakkuk
Punishment » Delayed
Trials » Sometimes prolonged
Habakkuk 1:3 (show verse)
Why are you forcing me to look at iniquity and to stare at wickedness? Social havoc and oppression are all around me; there are legal conflicts, and disputes abound.
Habakkuk 1:4 (show verse)
Therefore, the Law has become paralyzed, and justice never comes about. Because criminals outnumber the righteous, whenever judgments are issued, they come out crooked."
Habakkuk 1:5 (show verse)
"Look out at the nations and pay attention! Be astounded! Be really astounded! Because something is happening in your lifetime that you won't believe, even if it were described down to the smallest detail.
Habakkuk 1:6 (show verse)
Watch out! For I am bringing in the Chaldeans, that cruel and impetuous people, who sweep across the earth dispossessing people from homes not their own.
Habakkuk 1:7 (show verse)
They are terrible and fearsome; their brand of justice and sense of honor derive only from themselves!
Habakkuk 1:8 (show verse)
Their horses are swifter than leopards, and more cunning than wolves that attack at night. Their horsemen are galloping as they approach from far away. They swoop in like ravenous vultures.
Animals » Names of » Leopards
Armies » Marched » With rapidity
Armies » Marched » Often in open line
Babylon » Armies of, described
the Heathen » Employed to chastise the church
Horses » Described as » Swift
Leopard » Fierceness of
Leopard » Described as » Swift
Prophecy » Miscellaneous, fulfilled » The invasion of the southern kingdom (judah) by the chaldeans predicted
Wolves » Illustrative » Of fierce enemies
Wolves » Particularly fierce in the evening when it seeks its prey
Armies » Marched » With rapidity
Armies » Marched » Often in open line
Babylon » Armies of, described
the Heathen » Employed to chastise the church
Horses » Described as » Swift
Leopard » Fierceness of
Leopard » Described as » Swift
Prophecy » Miscellaneous, fulfilled » The invasion of the southern kingdom (judah) by the chaldeans predicted
Wolves » Illustrative » Of fierce enemies
Wolves » Particularly fierce in the evening when it seeks its prey
Habakkuk 1:9 (show verse)
"They all come to oppress hordes of them, their faces pressing onward they take prisoners as numerous as the desert sand!
Habakkuk 1:10 (show verse)
They make fun of kings, deriding those who rule. They laugh at all of the fortified places, constructing ramps to seize them.
Habakkuk 1:11 (show verse)
Then like the wind sweeping by they will pass through they're guilty because they say their power is their god."
Habakkuk 1:12 (show verse)
"Haven't you existed forever, LORD my God, my Holy One? We won't die! LORD, you've prepared them for judgment; Rock, you've sentenced them to correction.
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Habakkuk 1:13 (show verse)
Your eyes are too pure to gaze upon evil; and you cannot tolerate wickedness. So why do you tolerate the treacherous? And why do you stay silent while the wicked devour those who are more righteous than they are?
Habakkuk 1:14 (show verse)
"You have fashioned mankind like fish in the ocean, like creeping things that have no ruler.
Habakkuk 1:15 (show verse)
The adversary captures them with a hook, gathering them up in a fishing net. He collects them with a dragnet, rejoicing and gloating over his catch.
Habakkuk 1:16 (show verse)
Therefore he sacrifices to his fishing net, and burns incense in the presence of his dragnet, because by them his assets increase and he gets plenty of food.
Habakkuk 1:17 (show verse)
Is he to continue to empty his fishing net? Will he ever stop killing entire nations without mercy?"