Habakkuk 1 in the early church

Habakkuk 1 as a whole

Habakkuk 1:2

How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save?

Habakkuk 1:3

Why do You make me see iniquity? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict abounds.

Habakkuk 1:4

Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.

Habakkuk 1:5

“Look at the nations and observe—be utterly astounded! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe even if someone told you.

Habakkuk 1:8

Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour.

Habakkuk 1:9

All of them come bent on violence; their hordes advance like the east wind; they gather prisoners like sand.

Habakkuk 1:10

They scoff at kings and make rulers an object of scorn. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to seize it.

Habakkuk 1:13

Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?

Habakkuk 1:14

You have made men like the fish of the sea, like creeping things that have no ruler.

Habakkuk 1:16

Therefore he sacrifices to his dragnet and burns incense to his fishing net, for by these things his portion is sumptuous and his food is rich.