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Chapter 1

The oracle which Habakkuk the prophet received in a vision.

Habakkuk’s First Complaint

How long, O Lord, must I cry for help[a]
    and you do not listen?(A)
Or cry out to you, “Violence!”
    and you do not intervene?

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Footnotes

  1. 1:2–4 The prophet complains about God’s apparent disregard for Judah’s internal evils in language that echoes the preaching of prophets like Amos, Isaiah, and Jeremiah.