Habakkuk 1:12-14

Contemporary English Version

Habakkuk Complains Again

¹²Holy Lord God, mighty rock,^[a]
you are eternal,
    and we^[b] are safe from death.
You are using those Babylonians
    to judge and punish others.^[c]
¹³But you can't stand sin or wrong.
So don't sit by in silence
    while they gobble up people
who are better than they are.

¹⁴The people you put on this earth
are like fish or reptiles
without a leader.

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Footnotes

1.12 mighty rock: The Hebrew text has “rock,” which is sometimes used in poetry to compare the Lord to a mountain where his people can run for protection from their enemies.
1.12 we: Hebrew; one ancient Jewish tradition “you.”
1.12 You … others: Or “You will judge and punish those Babylonians.”