The Lord's Answer
5g“Look among the nations, and see;
wonder and be astounded.
hFor I am doing a work in your days
that you would not believe if told.
6For behold, iI am raising up the Chaldeans,
that bitter and hasty nation,
jwho march through the breadth of the earth,
kto seize dwellings not their own.
7They are dreaded and fearsome;
ltheir justice and dignity go forth from themselves.
8mTheir horses are swifter than leopards,
more fierce than nthe evening wolves;
their horsemen press proudly on.
Their horsemen come from afar;
othey fly like an eagle swift to devour.
9They all come pfor violence,
all their faces forward.
They gather captives rlike sand.
10At kings they scoff,
and at rulers they laugh.
sThey laugh at every fortress,
for tthey pile up earth and take it.
11Then they sweep by like the wind and go on,
uguilty men, vwhose own might is their god!”
Habakkuk's Second Complaint
12Are you not wfrom everlasting,
O Lord my God, my Holy One?
xWe shall not die.
O Lord, yyou have ordained them as a judgment,
and you, O zRock, have established them for reproof.
13You who are aof purer eyes than to see evil
and cannot look at wrong,
bwhy do you idly look at traitors
and cremain silent when the wicked swallows up
the man more righteous than he?
14You make mankind like the fish of the sea,
like crawling things that have no ruler.
15dHe1 brings all of them up ewith a hook;
he drags them out with his net;
he gathers them in his dragnet;
so he rejoices and is glad.
16fTherefore he sacrifices to his net
and makes offerings to his dragnet;
for by them he lives in luxury,2
and his food is rich.
17Is he then to keep on emptying his net
gand mercilessly killing nations forever?
Singing in the Pain
Habakkuk 1:1–3:19 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 39:53 • ID: 3424
The Prophesied Kingdom — Part One
Ezra 1:1 – Malachi 4:6 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 36:31 • ID: 2390
The Prophesied Kingdom — Part Two
Ezra 1:1 – Malachi 4:6 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 43:38 • ID: 2391
Faith That Is Tested — Part Two
Habakkuk 1:5–17, Habakkuk 2:1 Sermon • 33:38 • ID: 1008
1I will htake my stand at my watchpost
and station myself on the tower,
and ilook out to see jwhat he will say to me,
and what I will answer concerning my complaint.
1I will htake my stand at my watchpost
and station myself on the tower,
and ilook out to see jwhat he will say to me,
and what I will answer concerning my complaint.
Singing in the Pain
Habakkuk 1:1–3:19 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 39:53 • ID: 3424
The Prophesied Kingdom — Part One
Ezra 1:1 – Malachi 4:6 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 36:31 • ID: 2390
The Prophesied Kingdom — Part Two
Ezra 1:1 – Malachi 4:6 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 43:38 • ID: 2391
Faith That Is Tested — Part Two
Habakkuk 1:5–17, Habakkuk 2:1 Sermon • 33:38 • ID: 1008
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