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Habakkuk 1

1.The burden, which Habakkúk the Prophet did see.
2.O Lord, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee afor violence, and thou wilt not help!
3.Why doest thou shewe me iniquity, and cause me to behold sorrow? for spoyling, and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.
4.Therefore the Law is dissolved, and judgement doeth never go forth: for the wicked doeth bcompasse about the righteous: therefore cwrong judgement procedeth.
5.Behold among the heathen, and regard, and wonder, and marvel: for I will work a work in your days: dye will not believe it, though it be told you.
6.For lo, I raise up the Caldeans, that bitter and furious nation, which shall go upon the breadth of the land to possess the dwelling places, that are not theirs.
7.They are terrible and fearful: etheir judgement and their dignity shall proceed of them selves.
8.Their horses also are swifter then the leopards, and are more fierce then the wolves in the *evening: and they horsemen are many: and their horsemen shall come from far: they shall fly as the eagle hasting to meat.
9.They come all to spoyle: before their faces shalbe an fEastwind, and they shall gather the captivitie, gas the sand.
10.And they shall mock the Kings, and the princes shalbe a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold: for they shall gather hdust, and take it.
11.Then shall they itake a courage, and transgress and do wickedly, imputing this their power unto their god.
12.Art not thou of old, ô Lord my God mine holy one? we shall knot dye: O Lord, thou hast ordained them for judgement, and ô God, thou hast established them for correction.
13.Thou art of pure eyes, and canst not see evil: thou canst not behold wickedness: wherefore doest thou look upon the transgressors, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man, that is more righteous then he?
14.And makest men as the lfish of the sea, and as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them.
15.They take up all with the angle, they catch it in their net, and gather it in their yarn, whereof they rejoice and are glad.
16.Therefore they sacrifice unto their mnet and burn incense unto their yarn, because by them their portion is fat and their meat plenteous.
17.Shall they therefore stretch out their net and not spare continually to slay nthe nations?

Notes

2-a.
The Prophet complains unto God and bewails that among the Jews is left none equity nor brotherly love: but instead hereof reigns cruelty, theft, contention and strife.
4-b.
To suppress him if any should show himself zealous of God’s cause.
4-c.
Because the judges which should redress this excess are as evil as the rest.
5-d.
As in times past you would not believe God’s word, so shall you not now believe the strange plagues which are at hand.
7-e.
They themselves shall be your judges in this cause and none shall have authority over them to control them.
8-*.
Zeph. 3.3
9-f.
For the Jews most feared this wind, because it destroyed their fruits.
9-g.
They shall be so many in number.
10-h.
They shall cast up mounts against it.
11-i.
The Prophet comforts the faithful that God will also destroy the Babylonians, because they shall abuse this victory and become proud and insolent, attributing the praise hereof to their idols.
12-k.
He assures the godly of God’s protection, showing that the enemy can do no more then God has appointed, and also that their sins required such a sharp rod.
14-l.
So that the great devour the small and the Caldeans destroy all the world.
16-m.
Meaning, that the enemies flatter themselves and glory in their own force, power, and wit.
17-n.
Meaning, that they should not.