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Habakkuk 1:4-6
International Standard Version
Habakkuk 1:4-6
International Standard Version
4 Therefore, the Law has become paralyzed,
and justice never comes about.
Because criminals outnumber[a] the righteous,
whenever judgments are issued, they come out crooked.”
God’s Response: The Coming Chaldean Invasion
5 “Look out at the nations and pay attention!
Be astounded! Be really astounded!
Because something is happening in your lifetime
that you won’t believe, even if it were described down to the smallest detail.[b]
6 Watch out! For I am bringing in the Chaldeans,[c]
that cruel and impetuous[d] people,
who sweep across the earth
dispossessing people[e] from homes not their own.
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 1:4 Lit. are surrounding
- Habakkuk 1:5 The Heb. lacks down to the smallest detail
- Habakkuk 1:6 I.e. Babylonian invaders
- Habakkuk 1:6 Or rash
- Habakkuk 1:6 The Heb. lacks people
Habakkuk 1:4-6
New International Version
Habakkuk 1:4-6
New International Version
4 Therefore the law(A) is paralyzed,
and justice never prevails.
The wicked hem in the righteous,
so that justice(B) is perverted.(C)
The Lord’s Answer
5 “Look at the nations and watch—
and be utterly amazed.(D)
For I am going to do something in your days
that you would not believe,
even if you were told.(E)
6 I am raising up the Babylonians,[a](F)
that ruthless and impetuous people,
who sweep across the whole earth(G)
to seize dwellings not their own.(H)
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 1:6 Or Chaldeans
Habakkuk 1:4-6
King James Version
Habakkuk 1:4-6
King James Version
4 Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
5 Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvelously: for I will work a work in your days which ye will not believe, though it be told you.
6 For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not their's.
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