Thematic Bible
Habakkuk 1:1 (show verse)
The burden which Habakkuk the prophet saw.
Habakkuk 1:2 (show verse)
O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out to thee of violence, and thou wilt 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 dost thou show me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for devastation and violence are before me: and there are that raise strife and contention.
Habakkuk 1:4 (show verse)
Therefore the law is slackened, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth encompass the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
Habakkuk 1:5 (show verse)
Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvelously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe though it be told you.
Habakkuk 1:6 (show verse)
For lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwelling-places that are not theirs.
Habakkuk 1:7 (show verse)
They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed from themselves.
Habakkuk 1:8 (show verse)
Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.
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 shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.
Habakkuk 1:10 (show verse)
And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn to them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.
Habakkuk 1:11 (show verse)
Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power to his god.
Habakkuk 1:12 (show verse)
Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.
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Habakkuk 1:13 (show verse)
Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: why lookest thou on them that deal treacherously, and keepest silence when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?
Habakkuk 1:14 (show verse)
And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping animals that have no ruler over them?
Habakkuk 1:15 (show verse)
They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.
Habakkuk 1:16 (show verse)
Therefore they sacrifice to their net, and burn incense to their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their food plenteous.
Habakkuk 1:17 (show verse)
Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?