Hab 1
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The burden which the prophet Ambacum saw.
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How long, O Lord, shall I cry out, and you will not hearken? how long shall I cry
out to you being injured, and you will not save?
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Wherefore have you shown me troubles and griefs to look upon, misery and ungodliness?
judgement is before me, and the judge receives a reward.
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Therefore the law is frustrated, and judgement proceeds not effectually, for the ungodly
man prevails over the just; therefore perverse judgement will proceed.
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Ac 13:41 Behold, you despisers, and look, and wonder marvelously, and vanish: for I work a
work in your days, which you will in no wise believe, though a man declare it to you.
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Wherefore, behold, I stir up the Chaldeans, the bitter and hasty nation, that walks
upon the breadth of the earth, to inherit tabernacles not his own.
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He is terrible and famous; his judgement shall proceed of himself, and his Lit. burden dignity shall come out of himself.
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And his horses shall bound more swiftly than leopards, and they are fiercer than the
wolves of Arabia: and his horsemen shall ride forth, and shall rush from far; and
they shall fly as an eagle hasting to eat.
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Destruction shall come upon ungodly men, resisting with their adverse front, and he
shall gather the captivity as the sand.
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And he shall be at his ease with kings, and princes are his toys, and he shall mock
at every strong-hold, and shall cast a mound, and take possession of it.
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Then shall he change his spirit, and he shall pass through, and make an atonement,
saying, This strength belongs to my god.
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Art not you from the beginning, O Lord God, my Holy One? and surely we shall not die.
O Lord, you have established it for judgement, and he has formed me to chasten with
his correction.
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His eye is too pure to behold evil doings, and to look upon grievous afflictions:
wherefore do you look upon despisers? will you be silent when the ungodly swallows
up the just?
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And will you make men as the fishes of the sea, and as the reptiles which have no
guide?
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He has brought up destruction with a hook, and drawn one with a casting net, and caught
another in his drags: therefore shall his heart rejoice and be glad.
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Therefore will he sacrifice to his drag, and burn incense to his casting-net, because
by them he has made his portion fat, and his meats choice.
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Therefore will he cast his net, and will not spare to slay the nations continually.