The Bible, King James version, Book 35: Habakkuk

This eBook was produced by David Widger
with the help of Derek Andrew's text from January 1992 and the work of Bryan Taylor in November 2002.
35:001:001 The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.
35:001:002 O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
35:001:003 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.
35:001:004 Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
35:001:005 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.
35:001:006 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.
35:001:007 They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.
35:001:008 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.
35:001:009 They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.
35:001:010 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.