Thematic Bible
Habakkuk 1:1 (show verse)
The oracle (a burdensome message—a pronouncement from God) which Habakkuk the prophet saw.
Habakkuk 1:2 (show verse)
O Lord, how long will I call for help
And You will not hear?
I cry out to You, “Violence!”
Yet You do not save.
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 do You make me see iniquity,
And cause me to look on wickedness?
For destruction and violence are before me;
Strife continues and contention arises.
Habakkuk 1:4 (show verse)
Therefore, the law is ineffective and ignored
And justice is never upheld,
For the wicked surround the righteous;
Therefore, justice becomes perverted.
Habakkuk 1:5 (show verse)
[The Lord replied,] “Look among the nations! See!
Be astonished! Wonder!
For I am doing something in your days—
You would not believe it if you were told.
Habakkuk 1:6 (show verse)
“For behold, I am raising up the
That fierce and impetuous nation
Who march throughout the earth
To take possession of dwelling places that do not belong to them.
Habakkuk 1:7 (show verse)
“The Chaldeans are dreaded and feared;
Their justice and authority originate with themselves and are defined only by their decree.
Habakkuk 1:8 (show verse)
“Their horses are swifter than leopards
And keener than [hungry] wolves in the evening,
Their horsemen come galloping,
Their horsemen come from far away;
They fly like an eagle swooping down to devour.
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 for violence;
Their horde of faces moves [eagerly] forward,
They gather prisoners like sand.
Habakkuk 1:10 (show verse)
“They make fun of kings
And rulers are a laughing matter to them.
They ridicule every stronghold
And heap up rubble [for earth mounds] and capture it.
Habakkuk 1:11 (show verse)
“Then they will sweep by like the wind and pass on.
But they will be held guilty,
They [and all men] whose own power and strength is their god.”
Habakkuk 1:12 (show verse)
Are You not from everlasting,
O Lord, my God, My Holy One?
We will not die.
O Lord, You have appointed the Chaldeans [who rule in Babylon] to execute [Your] judgment,
And You, O Rock, have established them to correct and chastise.
No Themes for this verse.
Habakkuk 1:13 (show verse)
Your eyes are too pure to approve evil,
And You cannot look favorably on wickedness.
Why then do You look favorably
On those who act treacherously?
Why are you silent when the wicked (Chaldean oppressors) destroy
Those more righteous than they?
Habakkuk 1:14 (show verse)
Why do You make men like the fish of the sea,
Like reptiles and creeping things that have no ruler [and are helpless against their enemies]?
Habakkuk 1:15 (show verse)
The Chaldeans bring all of them up with a hook,
And drag them away with a net,
And gather them together in their fishing net;
So they rejoice and are glad.
Habakkuk 1:16 (show verse)
Therefore, they offer sacrifices to their net
And burn incense to their fishing net;
Because through these things their catch is large and they live luxuriously,
And their food is plentiful.
Habakkuk 1:17 (show verse)
Will they continue to empty their net
And [mercilessly] go on destroying nations without sparing?