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Habakkuk · read by Chuck Smith
32 verses, in order. Only the verses Chuck read aloud are shown.
Habakkuk 1
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This is the burden that Habakkuk the prophet received in a vision:Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Habakkuk
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"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.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Habakkuk
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For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans — that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Habakkuk
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They are dreaded and feared; from themselves they derive justice and sovereignty.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Habakkuk
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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.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Habakkuk
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All of them come bent on violence; their hordes advance like the east wind; they gather prisoners like sand.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Habakkuk
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They scoff at kings and make rulers an object of scorn. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to seize it.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Habakkuk
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Then they sweep by like the wind and pass on through. They are guilty; their own strength is their god."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Habakkuk
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Will he, therefore, empty his net and continue to slay nations without mercy?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Habakkuk
Habakkuk 2
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I will stand at my guard post and station myself on the ramparts. I will watch to see what He will say to me, and how I should answer when corrected.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Habakkuk
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For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Habakkuk
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Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright — but the righteous will live by faith —Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Habakkuk
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Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: 'Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?'Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Habakkuk
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Will not your creditors suddenly arise and those who disturb you awaken? Then you will become their prey.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Habakkuk
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Because you have plundered many nations, the remnant of the people will plunder you— because of your bloodshed against man and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Habakkuk
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Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Habakkuk
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For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters will echo it from the woodwork.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Habakkuk
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Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts that the labor of the people only feeds the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Habakkuk
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For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Habakkuk
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What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it— or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Habakkuk
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But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.Read from ESV · (Through the Bible) Habakkuk
Habakkuk 3
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He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Habakkuk
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Were You angry at the rivers, O LORD? Was Your wrath against the streams? Did You rage against the sea when You rode on Your horses, on Your chariots of salvation?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Habakkuk
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You brandished Your bow; You called for many arrows. Selah You split the earth with rivers.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Habakkuk
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The mountains saw You and quaked; torrents of water swept by. The deep roared with its voice and lifted its hands on high.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Habakkuk
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Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Habakkuk
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You marched across the earth with fury; You threshed the nations in wrath.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Habakkuk
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With his own spear You pierced his head, when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though ready to secretly devour the weak.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Habakkuk
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You trampled the sea with Your horses, churning the great waters.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Habakkuk
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I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the people who invade us.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Habakkuk
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Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Habakkuk
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yet I will exult in the LORD; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!Read from NKJV · The Victory of Faith