34:003:017 Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy
captains as the great
grasshoppers,
which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but
when
the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is
not
known
where they are.
34:003:018 Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria:
thy nobles shall
dwell
in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the
mountains,
and
no man gathereth them.
34:003:019 There is no healing of thy bruise; thy
wound is grievous: all
that
hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee:
for
upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?
Book 35 Habakkuk
35:001:001 The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.
35:001:002 O lord, how long shall I cry, and
thou wilt not hear! even cry
out
unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
35:001:003 Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause
me to behold
grievance?
for spoiling and violence are before me: and there
are
that raise up strife and contention.
35:001:004 Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment
doth never go
forth:
for the wicked doth compass about the righteous;
therefore
wrong judgment proceedeth.
35:001:005 Behold ye among the heathen, and regard,
and wonder
marvelously:
for I will work a work in your days which ye will
not
believe, though it be told you.
35:001:006 For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that
bitter and hasty
nation,
which shall march through the breadth of the land,
to
possess
the dwellingplaces that are not their’s.
35:001:007 They are terrible and dreadful: their
judgment and their
dignity
shall proceed of themselves.
35:001:008 Their horses also are swifter than the
leopards, and are more
fierce
than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall
spread
themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far;
they
shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.
35:001:009 They shall come all for violence:
their faces shall sup up as
the
east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the
sand.
35:001:010 And they shall scoff at the kings, and
the princes shall be a
scorn
unto them: they shall deride every strong hold;
for they
shall
heap dust, and take it.
35:001:011 Then shall his mind change, and he shall
pass over, and
offend,
imputing this his power unto his god.
35:001:012 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.


