September 27: Habakkuk 1–3

Habakkuk 1–3 Habakkuk 1–3 (Listen) 1 The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet saw. Habakkuk’s Complaint 2   O LORD, how long shall I cry for help,<br />    and you will not hear?<br />  Or cry to you “Violence!”<br />    and you will not save?<br />3   Why do you make me see iniquity,<br />    and why do you idly look at wrong?<br />  Destruction and violence are before me;<br />    strife and contention arise.<br />4   So the law is paralyzed,<br />    and justice never goes forth.<br />  For the wicked surround the righteous;<br />    so justice goes forth perverted.<br /> The Lord’s Answer 5   “Look among the nations, and see;<br />    wonder and be astounded.<br />  For I am doing a work in your days<br />    that you would not believe if told.<br />6   For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans,<br />    that bitter and hasty nation,<br />  who march through the breadth of the earth,<br />