{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/dbt/habakkuk/1","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T00:20:27.668Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Habakkuk","bookSlug":"habakkuk","chapter":1,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":null,"nextChapter":2,"totalChapters":3,"totalVerses":17},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Jehovah, how long shall I cry and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee, Violence! and thou dost not save."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Why dost thou cause me to see iniquity, and lookest thou upon grievance? For spoiling and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention riseth up."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Therefore the law is powerless, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked encompasseth the righteous; therefore judgment goeth forth perverted."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"See ye among the nations, and behold, and wonder marvellously; for I work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be declared to you."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For behold, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and impetuous nation, which marcheth through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling-places that are not theirs."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And their horses are swifter than the leopards, and are more agile than the evening wolves; and their horsemen prance proudly, and their horsemen come from afar: they fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"They come all of them for violence: the crowd of their faces is forwards, and they gather captives as the sand."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Yea, he scoffeth at kings, and princes are a scorn unto him; he derideth every stronghold: for he heapeth up dust, and taketh it."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Then will his mind change, and he will pass on, and become guilty: this his power is become his +god."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Art thou not from everlasting, Jehovah my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. Jehovah, thou hast ordained him for judgment; and thou, O Rock, hast appointed him for correction."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on mischief: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and keepest silence when the wicked swalloweth up a man more righteous than he?"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And thou makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"He taketh up all of them with the hook, he catcheth them in his net, and gathereth them into his drag; therefore he rejoiceth and is glad:"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"therefore he sacrificeth unto his net, and burneth incense unto his drag; for by them his portion is become fat, and his meat dainty."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Shall he therefore empty his net, and not spare to slay the nations continually?"}],"citation":{"inline":"Habakkuk 1 (DBT)","markdown":"[Habakkuk 1](https://primebible.com/dbt/habakkuk/1)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/habakkuk/1 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}