Habakkuk 1 (NET)

Habakkuk 1:1¹This is the oracle that the prophet Habakkuk saw:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Nah 1:1Isa 22:1

Habakkuk 1:2²How long, Lord, must I cry for help? But you do not listen! I call out to you, “Violence!” But you do not deliver!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 22:1-2Ps 13:1-2Lam 3:8Jer 14:9Ps 94:3Rev 6:10Ps 74:9-10

Habakkuk 1:3³Why do you force me to witness injustice? Why do you put up with wrongdoing? Destruction and violence confront me; conflict is present and one must endure strife.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 55:9-11Eccl 5:8Jer 20:8Jer 9:2-6Mic 7:1-42 Pet 2:8Eccl 4:1Ezek 2:6Matt 10:16Ps 12:1-2

Habakkuk 1:4⁴For this reason the law lacks power, and justice is never carried out. Indeed, the wicked intimidate the innocent. For this reason justice is perverted.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 1:21-23Job 21:7Ps 119:126Ps 94:20-21Ezek 9:9Jer 12:1Isa 5:20Isa 59:13-15Amos 5:12Deut 16:19

Habakkuk 1:5⁵“Look at the nations and pay attention! You will be shocked and amazed! For I will do something in your lifetime that you will not believe even though you are forewarned.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 13:40-41Isa 29:14Lam 4:12Jer 5:12-13Isa 29:9Jer 18:18Jer 25:14-29Jer 9:25-26Acts 6:13-14Dan 9:12

Habakkuk 1:6⁶Look, I am about to empower the Babylonians, that ruthless and greedy nation. They sweep across the surface of the earth, seizing dwelling places that do not belong to them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 24:22 Chr 36:172 Chr 36:6Jer 5:15Deut 28:49-52Isa 23:13Jer 25:9Jer 4:6Isa 39:6-7Jer 1:15-16

Habakkuk 1:7⁷They are frightening and terrifying; they decide for themselves what is right.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 39:5-9Deut 5:19Deut 5:27Isa 18:7Jer 52:25-27Jer 52:9-11

Habakkuk 1:8⁸Their horses are faster than leopards and more alert than wolves in the desert. Their horses gallop, their horses come a great distance; like vultures they swoop down quickly to devour their prey.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 4:13Zeph 3:3Deut 28:49Ezek 17:3Hos 8:1Jer 5:6Ezek 17:12Isa 5:26-28Lam 4:19Luke 17:37

Habakkuk 1:9⁹All of them intend to do violence; every face is determined. They take prisoners as easily as one scoops up sand.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 25:9Deut 28:51-52Ezek 17:10Ezek 19:12Gen 41:49Hab 1:6Hab 2:5-13Hos 1:10Hos 13:15Isa 27:8

Habakkuk 1:10¹⁰They mock kings and laugh at rulers. They laugh at every fortified city; they build siege ramps and capture them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 36:62 Chr 36:10Isa 14:16Jer 32:242 Kgs 24:122 Kgs 25:6-7Jer 33:4Jer 52:4-7

Habakkuk 1:11¹¹They sweep by like the wind and pass on. But the one who considers himself a god will be held guilty.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 5:20Dan 4:30-34Dan 5:3-4Jer 4:11-12

Habakkuk 1:12¹²Lord, you have been active from ancient times; my sovereign God, you are immortal. Lord, you have made them your instrument of judgment. Protector, you have appointed them as your instrument of punishment.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 32:4Ps 90:2Deut 33:27Jer 30:11Jer 46:28Ps 93:2Amos 9:8-9Ezek 30:25Ezek 37:11-14Heb 1:10-12

Habakkuk 1:13¹³You are too just to tolerate evil; you are unable to condone wrongdoing. So why do you put up with such treacherous people? Why do you say nothing when the wicked devour those more righteous than they are?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 5:4-5Ps 34:15-16Jer 12:1-2Hab 1:3-4Prov 31:8-91 Pet 1:15-162 Sam 4:11Ps 10:15Ps 50:31 Kgs 2:32

Habakkuk 1:14¹⁴You made people like fish in the sea, like animals in the sea that have no ruler.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Habakkuk 1:15¹⁵The Babylonian tyrant pulls them all up with a fishhook; he hauls them in with his throw net. When he catches them in his dragnet, he is very happy.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Amos 4:2Jer 16:16John 21:6-11Ps 10:9Ezek 25:6Ezek 26:2Ezek 29:4-5Ezek 35:15Isa 19:8Jer 50:11

Habakkuk 1:16¹⁶Because of his success he offers sacrifices to his throw net and burns incense to his dragnet; for because of them he has plenty of food, and more than enough to eat.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 4:30Deut 8:17Ezek 28:3Hab 1:11Dan 5:23Ezek 29:3Isa 10:13-15Isa 37:24

Habakkuk 1:17¹⁷Will he then continue to fill and empty his throw net? Will he always destroy nations and spare none?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 25:1-17Hab 1:9-10Hab 2:17Hab 2:5-8Isa 14:16-17Isa 14:6Isa 19:8Jer 25:9-26Jer 46:1-28Jer 52:1-34