{Habakkuk 1:1} The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.
{Habakkuk 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! {Habakkuk 1:3} 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. {Habakkuk
1:4} Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go
forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous;
therefore wrong judgment proceedeth. {Habakkuk 1:5} 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. {Habakkuk 1:6} 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. {Habakkuk 1:7} They are terrible and
dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of
themselves. {Habakkuk 1:8} Their horses also are