Habakkuk 1:2-4
1599 Geneva Bible
2 O Lord, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee [a]for violence, and thou wilt not help!
3 Why dost thou show me iniquity, and cause me to behold sorrow? for spoiling, and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.
4 Therefore the Law is dissolved, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth [b]compass about the righteous: therefore [c]wrong judgment proceedeth.
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- Habakkuk 1:2 The Prophet complaineth unto God, and bewaileth that among the Jews is left none equity and brotherly love: but instead hereof reigneth cruelty, theft, contention and strife.
- Habakkuk 1:4 To suppress him, if any should show himself zealous of God’s cause.
- Habakkuk 1:4 Because the judges which should redress this excess, are as evil as the rest.
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