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Habakkuk 1:12-14
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Habakkuk Replies

12 Are you not from ancient times, O Lord?
    My God, my Holy One, you will not die.[a]
    Lord, you have made them your instrument of judgment.
    You, our Rock, have established them as your instrument of discipline.[b]
13 You whose eyes are too pure to tolerate evil,
    you who are not able to condone wrongdoing,
    why do you put up with treacherous people?
    Why do you keep silent when the wicked swallow up those who are more righteous than they are?
14 You treat people like fish in the sea,
    like creeping creatures that have no ruler.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 1:12 The translation follows the alternate Hebrew reading, known as a correction of the scribes. The standard Hebrew text reads we will not die, likely because scribes did not want to mention death and God in the same sentence.
  2. Habakkuk 1:12 In this verse it is uncertain whether the Lord made the Babylonians recipients of judgment because of their godlessness or whether he made them instruments of judgment against Israel. The translation follows the second option.
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