The burdenwhichHabakkukthe prophetdid see. O LORD, how longshall I cry, and thou wilt nothear! even cry outuntothee of violence, and thou wilt notsave! Whydost thou showme iniquity, and cause me to beholdgrievance? for spoilingand violence are beforeme: and there are that raise upstrifeand contention. Thereforethe lawis slacked, and judgmentdoth nevergo forth: forthe wickeddoth compass aboutthe righteous; thereforewrongjudgmentproceedeth. Beholdye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvelously: for I will worka workin your days, which ye will notbelieve, thoughit be told you . For, lo, I raise upthe Chaldeans, that bitterand hastynation, which shall marchthrough the breadthof the land, to possessthe dwelling places that are nottheirs. They are terribleand dreadful: their judgmentand their dignityshall proceedofthemselves. Their horsesalso are swifterthan the leopards, and are more fiercethan the eveningwolves: and their horsemenshall spreadthemselves, and their horsemenshall comefrom far; they shall flyas the eagle that hastethto eat. They shall comeallfor violence: their facesshall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gatherthe captivityas the sand. And theyshall scoffat the kings, and the princesshall be a scornunto them: theyshall derideeverystronghold; for they shall heapdust, and takeit. Thenshall his mindchange, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing thishis powerunto his god. Art thounotfrom everlasting, O LORDmy God, mine Holy One? we shall notdie. O LORD, thou hast ordainedthem for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast establishedthem for correction. Thou art of purereyesthan to beholdevil, and canstnotlookoniniquity: whereforelookestthou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tonguewhen the wickeddevoureth the man that is more righteousthanhe? And makestmenas the fishesof the sea, as the creeping things, that have norulerover them? They take upallof them with the angle, they catchthem in their net, and gatherthem in their drag: thereforethey rejoiceand are glad. Thereforethey sacrificeunto their net, and burn incenseunto their drag; becauseby themtheir portion is fat, and their meatplenteous. Shall they thereforeemptytheir net, and notsparecontinuallyto slaythe nations?