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 will not hear? I cry out to thee of violence, and thou will 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 thou show me iniquity, and look upon perverseness? For destruction and violence are before me, and there is strife, and contention rises up.
Habakkuk 1:4 (show verse)
Therefore the law is slacked, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked man surrounds the righteous man, therefore justice goes forth perverted.
Habakkuk 1:5 (show verse)
Behold ye {scoffers (LXX/NT)}, and look, and wonder marvelously. For I am working 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, who march through the breadth of the earth to possess dwelling-places that are not theirs.
Habakkuk 1:7 (show verse)
They are fearful and dreadful. Their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.
Habakkuk 1:8 (show verse)
Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves. And their horsemen press proudly on. Yea, their horsemen come from far. They fly as an eagle that hastens 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 come all of them for violence. The set of their faces is forwards, and they gather captives as the sand.
Habakkuk 1:10 (show verse)
Yea, he scoffs at kings, and rulers are a derision to him. He derides every stronghold, for he heaps up dust, and takes it.
Habakkuk 1:11 (show verse)
Then he shall sweep by [as] a wind, and shall pass over, and be guilty; he whose might is his god.
Habakkuk 1:12 (show verse)
Are not thou from everlasting, O LORD my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. O LORD, thou have ordained him for judgment, and thou, O Rock, have established him for correction.
No Themes for this verse.
Habakkuk 1:13 (show verse)
Thou who are of purer eyes than to behold evil, and who cannot look on perverseness, why do thou look upon those who deal treacherously, and hold thy peace when the wicked man swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,
Habakkuk 1:14 (show verse)
and makes men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
Habakkuk 1:15 (show verse)
He takes all of them up with the hook. He catches them in his net, and gathers them in his drag. Therefore he rejoices and is glad.
Habakkuk 1:16 (show verse)
Therefore he sacrifices to his net, and burns incense to his drag, because by them his portion is fat, and his food plentiful.
Habakkuk 1:17 (show verse)
Shall he therefore empty his net, and not spare to kill the nations continually?