Habakkuk 1:4-6

Contemporary English Version

⁴ Laws cannot be enforced;
    justice is always the loser;
criminals crowd out honest people
    and twist the laws around.

^5 (A) Look and be amazed
at what's happening
    among the nations!
Even if you were told,
you would never believe
    what's taking place now.
^6 (B) I am sending the Babylonians.
They are fierce and cruel—
    marching across the land,
    conquering cities and towns.