Habakkuk 1:3-5

New International Version

³Why do you make me look at injustice?
    Why do you tolerate^(A) wrongdoing?^(B)
Destruction and violence^(C) are before me;
    there is strife,^(D) and conflict abounds.
⁴Therefore the law^(E) is paralyzed,
    and justice never prevails.
The wicked hem in the righteous,
    so that justice^(F) is perverted.^(G)

The Lord’s Answer

⁵“Look at the nations and watch—
    and be utterly amazed.^(H)
For I am going to do something in your days
    that you would not believe,
    even if you were told.^(I)

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Habakkuk 1:3-5

New King James Version

³Why do You show me iniquity,
And cause me to see ^[a]trouble?
For plundering and violence are before me;
There is strife, and contention arises.
⁴Therefore the law is powerless,
And justice never goes forth.
For the ^(A)wicked surround the righteous;
Therefore perverse judgment proceeds.

The Lord’s Reply

⁵“Look^(B) among the nations and watch—
Be utterly astounded!
For I will work a work in your days
Which you would not believe, though it were told you.

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