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Habakkuk 1:1-3
New Catholic Bible
Habakkuk 1:1-3
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 1
1 [a]This is the oracle that the prophet Habakkuk received in a vision.
Habakkuk’s Discussion with God
2 How long, O Lord, must I cry for help
while you do not listen?
I cry out to you, “Violence!”
but you refuse to intervene.
3 Why do you make me witness wrongdoing
and confront me with wickedness?
Destruction and violence confront me;
strife is everywhere, and discord abounds.
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 1:1 Habakkuk encounters the great problem of evil: among peoples and individuals, the strong always oppress the weak, unless God intervenes. The prophets explain the situation by seeing oppressors as the instruments of God’s anger who punish the sin of the people. Like Job, Habakkuk rejects such an explanation as overly simplistic.
