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Habakkuk 1:12

Are not you from the beginning, O Lord God, my Holy One? and surely we shall not die. O Lord, you have established it for judgment, and he has formed me to chasten with his correction.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.

In Context

11Then shall he change his spirit, and he shall pass through, and make an atonement, saying, This strength belongs to my god.

13His eye is too pure to behold evil doings, and to look upon grievous afflictions: therefore do you look upon despisers? will you be silent when the ungodly swallows up the just?

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:4As for God, his works are true, and all his ways are + 32:4 Gr. judgments. judgment: God is faithful, and there is no unrighteousness in him; just and holy is the Lord.

Deuteronomy 33:27And the rule of God shall protect you, and that under the strength of the everlasting arms; and he shall cast forth the enemy from before your face, saying, Perish.

2 Kings 19:25I have brought about the matter, I have brought it to a conclusion; and it is come to the + 19:25 Gr. captivities. destruction of the bands of warlike prisoners, even of strong cities.

Psalms 18:1The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims the work of his hands. 1

Psalms 90:1He that dwells in the help of the Highest, shall sojourn under the shelter of the God of heaven. 1

Psalms 93:2Be you exalted, you that judge the earth: render a reward to the proud. 1

Matthew Henry on Habakkuk 1:6-12

Judgment Predicted. ( b. c. 600.) 5 Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you. 6 For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwelling-places that are not theirs. 7 They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves. 8 Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more… Read the whole commentary →

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