1 Unto Habakkuk, complaining of the iniquity of the land,
5 is shewn the fearful vengeance by the Chaldeans.
12 He complains that vengeance should be executed by them who are far worse.

Isa 22:1 Na 1:1

2 O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!

how. Ps 13:1,2 74:9,10 94:3 Re 6:10

and thou wilt not save. Ps 22:1,2 Jer 14:9 La 3:8

3 Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.

Ps 12:1,2 55:9-11 73:3-9 120:5,6 Ec 4:1 5:8 Jer 9:2-6 Eze 2:6 Mic 7:1-4 Mt 10:16 2Pe 2:8

4 Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.

the law. Ps 11:3 119:126 Mr 7:9 Ro 3:31

for. 1Ki 21:13 Job 21:7 Ps 22:16 58:1,2 59:2,4 82:1-5 94:3,20,21 Isa 1:21-23 59:2-8,13-15 Jer 5:27-29 12:1,6 26:8,21-23 Jer 37:14-16 38:4-6 Eze 22:25-30 Ho 10:4 Am 5:7,12 Mic 2:1,2 Mic 3:1-3 7:2-4 Mt 23:34-36 26:59-66 27:1,2,25,26 Ac 7:52,59 Ac 23:12-14 Jas 2:6,7

wrong. or, wrested. Ex 23:2,6 De 16:19 Eze 9:9

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.

ye among. De 4:27 Jer 9:25,26 25:14-29

and regard. Isa 29:14 La 4:12 Da 9:12 Ac 13:40,41

for. Isa 28:21,22 Jer 5:12,13 18:18 Eze 12:22-28 Zep 1:2 Ac 6:13,14

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.

I raise. De 28:49-52 2Ki 24:2 2Ch 36:6,17 Isa 23:13 39:6,7 Jer 1:15,16 Jer 4:6,8 5:15 6:22,23 21:4 25:9

breadth. Heb. breadths.

7 They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.

their judgment, etc. or, from them shall proceed the judgment of these and the captivity of these. Jer 39:5-9 52:9-11,25-27 De 5:19,27

8 Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.

horses. De 28:49 Isa 5:26-28

fierce. Heb. sharp. evening. Jer 5:6 Zep 3:3

they. Jer 4:13 La 4:19 Eze 17:3,12 Ho 8:1 Mt 24:28 Lu 17:37

9 They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.

for. 6 2:5-13 De 28:51,52 Jer 4:7 5:15-17 25:9

their faces shall sup up as the east. or, the supping up of their faces, as, etc. or, their faces shall look toward the east. Heb. the opposition of their faces shall be toward the east. Isa 27:8 Jer 4:11 Eze 17:10 19:12 Ho 13:15

they shall gather. 2:5 Ge 41:49 Jud 7:12 Job 29:18 Ps 139:18 Jer 15:8 34:22 Ho 1:10 Ro 9:27

10 And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.

scoff. 2Ki 24:12 25:6,7 2Ch 36:6,10

they shall deride. Isa 14:16 Jer 32:24 33:4 52:4-7

11 Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god.

shall his. Da 4:30-34

imputing. Da 5:3,4,20

12 Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.

thou not. De 33:27 Ps 90:2 93:2, Isa 40:28 57:15 La 5:19 Mic 5:2 1Ti 1:17 6:16 Heb 1:10-12 13:8 Re 1:8,11

mine. Isa 43:15 49:7 Ac 3:14

we. 3:2 Ps 118:17 Isa 27:6-9 Jer 4:27 5:18 30:11 33:24-26 46:28 Eze 37:11-14 Am 9:8,9

thou hast ordained. 2Ki 19:25 Ps 17:13 Isa 10:5-7 37:26 Jer 25:9-14 Eze 30:25

mighty God. Heb. Rock. De 32:4,30,31 1Sa 2:2 Ps 18:1

established. Heb. founded. for. Isa 27:9,10 Jer 30:11 31:18-20 46:28 Heb 12:5,6

13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?

of. Job 15:15 Ps 5:4,5 11:4-7 34:15,16 1Pe 1:15,16

iniquity. or, grievance. wherefore. Ps 10:1,2,15 73:3 Jer 12:1,2

deal. Isa 21:2 33:1

holdest. Es 4:14 Ps 35:22 50:3,21 83:1 Pr 31:8,9 Isa 64:12

the wicked. 3,4 2Sa 4:11 1Ki 2:32 Ps 37:12-15,32,33 56:1,2 Ac 2:23 3:13-15

14 And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?

creeping. or, moving. no. Pr 6:7

15 They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.

take. Jer 16:16 Eze 29:4,5 Am 4:2 Mt 17:27

they catch. Ps 10:9 Lu 5:5-10 Joh 21:6-11

drag. or, flue-net. therefore. Jer 50:11 La 2:15,16 Eze 25:6 26:2 35:15 Re 11:10

16 Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.

they. 11 De 8:17 Isa 10:13-15 37:24 Eze 28:3 29:3 Da 4:30 5:23

plenteous. or, dainty. Heb. fat.

17 Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?

and. 9,10 2:5-8,17 Isa 14:16,17 Jer 25:9-26 46:1-49:39 52:1-34 Eze 25:1-30:26