<vn='1'>The <sn="4853">burden</s><sn="834">which</s><sn="2265">Habakkuk</s> the <sn="5030">prophet</s> did <sn="2372">see</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>O <sn="3068">LORD</s>, how <sn="5704 575">long</s> shall I <sn="7768">cry</s>, and thou wilt <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8085">hear</s>! even cry <sn="2199">out</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee of <sn="2555">violence</s>, and thou wilt <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3467">save</s>! </v>
<vn='3'><sn="4100">Why</s> dost thou <sn="7200">show</s> me <sn="205">iniquity</s>, and cause me to <sn="5027">behold</s><sn="5999">grievance</s>? for <sn="7701">spoiling</s> and <sn="2555">violence</s> are <sn="5048">before</s> me: and there <sn="1961">are</s> that raise <sn="5375">up</s><sn="7379">strife</s> and <sn="4066">contention</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="5921 3651">Therefore</s> the <sn="8451">law</s> is <sn="6313">slacked</s>, and <sn="4941">judgment</s> doth <sn="3808 5331">never</s> go <sn="3318">forth</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="7563">wicked</s> doth compass <sn="3803">about</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6662">righteous</s>; <sn="5921 3651">therefore</s><sn="6127">wrong</s><sn="4941">judgment</s><sn="3318">proceedeth</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="7200">Behold</s> ye among the <sn="1471">heathen</s>, and <sn="5027">regard</s>, and wonder <sn="8539 8539">marvelously</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> I will <sn="6466">work</s> a <sn="6467">work</s> in your <sn="3117">days</s>, which ye will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="539">believe</s>, <sn="3588">though</s> it be <sn="5608">told</s> you. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="3588">For</s>, <sn="2009">lo</s>, I raise <sn="6965">up</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3778">Chaldeans</s>, that <sn="4751">bitter</s> and <sn="4116">hasty</s><sn="1471">nation</s>, which shall <sn="1980">march</s> through the <sn="4800">breadth</s> of the <sn="776">land</s>, to <sn="3423">possess</s> the dwelling <sn="4908">places</s> that are <sn="3808">not</s> theirs. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="1931">They</s> are <sn="366">terrible</s> and <sn="3372">dreadful</s>: their <sn="4941">judgment</s> and their <sn="7613">dignity</s> shall <sn="3318">proceed</s><sn="4480">of</s> themselves. </v>
<vn='8'>Their <sn="5483">horses</s> also are <sn="7043">swifter</s> than the <sn="4480 5246">leopards</s>, and are more <sn="2300">fierce</s> than the <sn="6153">evening</s><sn="4480 2061">wolves</s>: and their <sn="6571">horsemen</s> shall <sn="6335">spread</s> themselves, and their <sn="6571">horsemen</s> shall <sn="935">come</s> from <sn="4480 7350">far</s>; they shall <sn="5774">fly</s> as the <sn="5404">eagle</s> that <sn="2363">hasteth</s> to <sn="398">eat</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>They shall <sn="935">come</s><sn="3605">all</s> for <sn="2555">violence</s>: their <sn="6440">faces</s> shall sup <sn="4041">up</s> as the east <sn="6921">wind</s>, and they shall <sn="622">gather</s> the <sn="7628">captivity</s> as the <sn="2344">sand</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And <sn="1931">they</s> shall <sn="7046">scoff</s> at the <sn="4428">kings</s>, and the <sn="7336">princes</s> shall be a <sn="4890">scorn</s> unto them: <sn="1931">they</s> shall <sn="7832">deride</s><sn="3605">every</s><sn="4013">stronghold</s>; for they shall <sn="6651">heap</s><sn="6083">dust</s>, and <sn="3920">take</s> it. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="227">Then</s> shall his <sn="7307">mind</s><sn="2498">change</s>, and he shall pass <sn="5674">over</s>, and <sn="816">offend</s>, imputing <sn="2098">this</s> his <sn="3581">power</s> unto his <sn="433">god</s>. </v>
<vn='12'> Art <sn="859">thou</s><sn="3808">not</s> from <sn="4480 6924">everlasting</s>, O <sn="3068">LORD</s> my <sn="430">God</s>, mine Holy <sn="6918">One</s>? we shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="4191">die</s>. O <sn="3068">LORD</s>, thou hast <sn="7760">ordained</s> them for <sn="4941">judgment</s>; and, O mighty <sn="6697">God</s>, thou hast <sn="3245">established</s> them for <sn="3198">correction</s>. </v>
<vn='13'> Thou art of <sn="2889">purer</s><sn="5869">eyes</s> than to <sn="4480 7200">behold</s><sn="7451">evil</s>, and <sn="3201">canst</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="5027">look</s><sn="413">on</s><sn="5999">iniquity</s>: <sn="4100">wherefore</s><sn="5027">lookest</s> thou upon them that deal <sn="898">treacherously</s>, and holdest thy <sn="2790">tongue</s> when the <sn="7563">wicked</s><sn="1104">devoureth</s> the man that is more <sn="6662">righteous</s><sn="4480">than</s> he? </v>
<vn='14'>And <sn="6213">makest</s><sn="120">men</s> as the <sn="1709">fishes</s> of the <sn="3220">sea</s>, as the creeping <sn="7431">things</s>, that have <sn="3808">no</s><sn="4910">ruler</s> over them? </v>
<vn='15'>They take <sn="5927">up</s><sn="3605">all</s> of them with the <sn="2443">angle</s>, they <sn="1641">catch</s> them in their <sn="2764">net</s>, and <sn="622">gather</s> them in their <sn="4365">drag</s>: <sn="5921 3651">therefore</s> they <sn="8055">rejoice</s> and are <sn="1523">glad</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="5921 3651">Therefore</s> they <sn="2076">sacrifice</s> unto their <sn="2764">net</s>, and burn <sn="6999">incense</s> unto their <sn="4365">drag</s>; <sn="3588">because</s> by <sn="1992">them</s> their <sn="2506">portion</s> is <sn="8082">fat</s>, and their <sn="3978">meat</s><sn="1277">plenteous</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>Shall they <sn="5921 3651">therefore</s><sn="7324">empty</s> their <sn="2764">net</s>, and <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2550">spare</s><sn="8548">continually</s> to <sn="2026">slay</s> the <sn="1471">nations</s>? </v>