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Habakkuk 1:12

Art not, thou, from of old, O Yahweh, my God, my Holy One? Thou diest not! O Yahweh, to judgment, hast thou appointed him, and, O Rock, to correction, hast thou devoted him:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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, hath he become arrogant in spirit, and hath committed excess, and so is guilty,—this his violence, is due to his god.

13[Thou] whose eyes are too pure to look with approval on wrong, to respect oppression, canst not endure,—Wherefore, shouldst thou respect the treacherous? Be silent, when the lawless, swalloweth up, one more righteous than he?

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:4A Rock! faultless his work, For, all his ways, are just, A GOD of faithfulness and without perversity, Right and fair, is he!

Deuteronomy 33:27Above, is the God of aforetime, And, beneath, are the Arms of the ages,—So he driveth before thee the foe, And doth say—Destroy!

2 Kings 19:25Hast thou not heard—that, long ago, that, is what I appointed, and, from days of old, devised it? Now, have I brought it to pass, that thou mightest serve to lay waste, in desolate ruins, fortified cities;

Psalms 18:1I will love thee, O Yahweh my strength!

Psalms 90:1Lord! a dwelling-place, hast, thou, become to us, From generation to generation:

Psalms 93:2Established hath been thy throne from of old, From age-past times, thou art.

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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