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Habakkuk has a problem

This is the message that God showed to his prophet Habakkuk.

Lord, how long must I call out to you for help?[a]
    You do not listen to me!
I shout aloud to you, ‘Violence is everywhere!’
    but you do nothing to make us safe.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:2 When we write Lord like this, it is a special name for God. Sometimes people write it as ‘Yahweh’, or as ‘Jehovah’. It is his own name that he told Moses. See Exodus 3:14. It means ‘I am who I am’. This shows that God has always been there and he always will be there.