Habakkuk 1:2

עַד ־ אָנָה יְהוָה שִׁוַּעְתִּי וְלֹא תִשְׁמָע אֶזְעַק אֵלֶיךָ חָמָס וְלֹא תוֹשִֽׁיעַ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!

In Context

1הַמַּשָּׂא אֲשֶׁר חָזָה חֲבַקּוּק הַנָּבִֽיא ׃

3לָמָּה תַרְאֵנִי אָוֶן וְעָמָל תַּבִּיט וְשֹׁד וְחָמָס לְנֶגְדִּי וַיְהִי רִיב וּמָדוֹן יִשָּֽׂא ׃

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Cross References

Job 19:7הֵן אֶצְעַק חָמָס וְלֹא אֵעָנֶה אֲשַׁוַּע וְאֵין מִשְׁפָּֽט ׃

Psalms 22:1לַמְנַצֵּחַ עַל ־ אַיֶּלֶת הַשַּׁחַר מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִֽד ׃

Psalms 74:9אֽוֹתֹתֵינוּ לֹא רָאִינוּ אֵֽין ־ עוֹד נָבִיא וְלֹֽא ־ אִתָּנוּ יֹדֵעַ עַד ־ מָֽה ׃

Jeremiah 14:9לָמָּה תִֽהְיֶה כְּאִישׁ נִדְהָם כְּגִבּוֹר לֹא ־ יוּכַל לְהוֹשִׁיעַ וְאַתָּה בְקִרְבֵּנוּ יְהוָה וְשִׁמְךָ עָלֵינוּ נִקְרָא אַל ־ תַּנִּחֵֽנוּ ׃ ס

Matthew Henry on Habakkuk 1:2-5

Habakkuk It is a very foolish fancy of some of the Jewish rabbin that this prophet was the son of the Shunamite woman that was at first miraculously given, and afterwards raised to life, by Elisha ( 2 Kings iv. ), as they say also that the prophet Jonah was the son of the widow of Zarephath, which Elijah raised to life. It is a more probable conjecture of their modern chronologers that he lived and prophesied in the reign of king Manasseh, when wickedness abounded, and destruction was hastening on, destruction by… Read the whole commentary →

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