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11 He passes through like the wind and invades;
        but he will be held guilty,
            the one whose strength is his god.

The prophet questions the Lord

12 Lord, aren’t you ancient, my God, my holy one?
Don’t let us die.[a]
Lord, you put the Chaldean here for judgment.
        Rock, you established him as a rebuke.
13 Your eyes are too pure to look on evil;
        you are unable to look at disaster.
Why would you look at the treacherous
        or keep silent when the wicked swallows one who is more righteous?

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 1:12 Heb uncertain

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