It may be that the Lord your God will hear the words of the field commander, whom his master, the king of Assyria, has sent to ridicule(A) the living God,(B) and that he will rebuke him for the words the Lord your God has heard.(C) Therefore pray(D) for the remnant(E) that still survives.”

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15 So people will be brought low(A)
    and everyone humbled,(B)
    the eyes of the arrogant(C) humbled.

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21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes(A)
    and clever in their own sight.

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“‘I will make known my holy name among my people Israel. I will no longer let my holy name be profaned,(A) and the nations will know(B) that I the Lord am the Holy One in Israel.(C)

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Habakkuk’s Second Complaint

12 Lord, are you not from everlasting?(A)
    My God, my Holy One,(B) you[a] will never die.(C)
You, Lord, have appointed(D) them to execute judgment;
    you, my Rock,(E) have ordained them to punish.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 1:12 An ancient Hebrew scribal tradition; Masoretic Text we

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