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Habakkuk\u2019s Complaint<\/p>\n
How long, O Lord, must I call for help, but you do not listen?
\nOr cry out to you, \u201cViolence!\u201d but you do not save?
\nWhy do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrong?<\/p>\n
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Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds.
\nTherefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in
\nthe righteous, so that justice is perverted.<\/p>\n
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The Lord\u2019s Answer<\/p>\n
\u201cLook at the nations and watch\u2014 and be utterly amazed.
\nFor I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe,
\neven if you were told.
\nI am raising up the Babylonians, that ruthless and impetuous people,
\nwho sweep across the whole earth to seize dwelling places not their own.<\/p>\n
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They are a feared and dreaded people; they are a law to themselves
\nand promote their own honor.
\nTheir horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves at dusk.
\nTheir cavalry gallops headlong; their horsemen come from afar.They fly
\nlike a vulture swooping to devour; they all come bent on violence.<\/p>\n
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Their hordes advance like a desert wind and gather prisoners like sand.
\nThey deride kings and scoff at rulers. They laugh at all fortified cities; they
\nbuild earthen ramps and capture them. Then they sweep past like the wind
\nand go on\u2014guilty men, whose own strength is their god.\u201d<\/p>\n
Habakkuk 1:2-11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Habakkuk\u2019s Complaint How long, O Lord, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, \u201cViolence!\u201d but you do not save? Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrong? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds. Therefore the law… <\/p>\n