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diff --git a/old/7999-h/book35.htm b/old/7999-h/book35.htm new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d4f3756 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/7999-h/book35.htm @@ -0,0 +1,247 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> +<html> +<head> +<title>Book 35</title> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> +<style type="text/css"> +<!-- +body {background:#faebd7; margin:10%; text-align:justify} +h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6 {color:#A82C28} +blockquote {font-size:14pt} +P {font-size:16pt} +--> +</style> +</head> +<body> + +<center> +<table summary="book35"> +<tr><td> +<a href="book34.htm">Previous</a> <a href="contents.htm">Home</a> <a href="book36.htm">Next</a> + + +<h1>Book 35 Habakkuk</h1> + +<p>35:001:001 The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.</p> + +<p>35:001:002 O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry<br> + out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!</p> + +<p>35:001:003 Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold<br> + grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there<br> + are that raise up strife and contention.</p> + +<p>35:001:004 Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go<br> + forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous;<br> + therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.</p> + +<p>35:001:005 Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder<br> + marvelously: for I will work a work in your days which ye will<br> + not believe, though it be told you.</p> + +<p>35:001:006 For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty<br> + nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to<br> + possess the dwellingplaces that are not their's.</p> + +<p>35:001:007 They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their<br> + dignity shall proceed of themselves.</p> + +<p>35:001:008 Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more<br> + fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall<br> + spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far;<br> + they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.</p> + +<p>35:001:009 They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as<br> + the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the<br> + sand.</p> + +<p>35:001:010 And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a<br> + scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they<br> + shall heap dust, and take it.</p> + +<p>35:001:011 Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and<br> + offend, imputing this his power unto his god.</p> + +<p>35:001:012 Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One?<br> + we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for<br> + judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for<br> + correction.</p> + +<p>35:001:013 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look<br> + on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal<br> + treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked<br> + devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?</p> + +<p>35:001:014 And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping<br> + things, that have no ruler over them?</p> + +<p>35:001:015 They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in<br> + their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they<br> + rejoice and are glad.</p> + +<p>35:001:016 Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto<br> + their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their<br> + meat plenteous.</p> + +<p>35:001:017 Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare<br> + continually to slay the nations?</p> + +<p>35:002:001 I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and<br> + will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall<br> + answer when I am reproved.</p> + +<p>35:002:002 And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make<br> + it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.</p> + +<p>35:002:003 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it<br> + shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it;<br> + because it will surely come, it will not tarry.</p> + +<p>35:002:004 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but<br> + the just shall live by his faith.</p> + +<p>35:002:005 Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man,<br> + neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and<br> + is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him<br> + all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:</p> + +<p>35:002:006 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a<br> + taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that<br> + increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that<br> + ladeth himself with thick clay!</p> + +<p>35:002:007 Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and<br> + awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto<br> + them?</p> + +<p>35:002:008 Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the<br> + people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and for the<br> + violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell<br> + therein.</p> + +<p>35:002:009 Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house,<br> + that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered<br> + from the power of evil!</p> + +<p>35:002:010 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many<br> + people, and hast sinned against thy soul.</p> + +<p>35:002:011 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of<br> + the timber shall answer it.</p> + +<p>35:002:012 Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a<br> + city by iniquity!</p> + +<p>35:002:013 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall<br> + labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves<br> + for very vanity?</p> + +<p>35:002:014 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory<br> + of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.</p> + +<p>35:002:015 Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy<br> + bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest<br> + look on their nakedness!</p> + +<p>35:002:016 Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let<br> + thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD's right hand<br> + shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on<br> + thy glory.</p> + +<p>35:002:017 For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of<br> + beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and<br> + for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that<br> + dwell therein.</p> + +<p>35:002:018 What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath<br> + graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the<br> + maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?</p> + +<p>35:002:019 Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone,<br> + Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and<br> + silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.</p> + +<p>35:002:020 But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep<br> + silence before him.</p> + +<p>35:003:001 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.</p> + +<p>35:003:002 O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD,<br> + revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the<br> + years make known; in wrath remember mercy.</p> + +<p>35:003:003 God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah.<br> + His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his<br> + praise.</p> + +<p>35:003:004 And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out<br> + of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.</p> + +<p>35:003:005 Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth<br> + at his feet.</p> + +<p>35:003:006 He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder<br> + the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the<br> + perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.</p> + +<p>35:003:007 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of<br> + the land of Midian did tremble.</p> + +<p>35:003:008 Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger<br> + against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou<br> + didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation?</p> + +<p>35:003:009 Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the<br> + tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with<br> + rivers.</p> + +<p>35:003:010 The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of<br> + the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up<br> + his hands on high.</p> + +<p>35:003:011 The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light<br> + of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy<br> + glittering spear.</p> + +<p>35:003:012 Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst<br> + thresh the heathen in anger.</p> + +<p>35:003:013 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for<br> + salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of<br> + the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto<br> + the neck. Selah.</p> + +<p>35:003:014 Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his<br> + villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their<br> + rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.</p> + +<p>35:003:015 Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the<br> + heap of great waters.</p> + +<p>35:003:016 When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the<br> + voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in<br> + myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he<br> + cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his<br> + troops.</p> + +<p>35:003:017 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit<br> + be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the<br> + fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from<br> + the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:</p> + +<p>35:003:018 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my<br> + salvation.</p> + +<p>35:003:019 The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like<br> + hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high<br> + places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.</p> + + +<a href="book34.htm">Previous</a> <a href="contents.htm">Home</a> <a href="book36.htm">Next</a> + +</td></tr> +</table> +</center> + +</body> +</html> |