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Read Full Chapter (Habakkuk 1) Habakkuk 1:12-13 KJV
"Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction. Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?"
Habakkuk Chapter 1, Verse 12-13
Habakkuk 1:12-13 in Context (Verses 9–16 KJV)
9
They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.*
10
And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.
11
Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god.
12
¶ Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.**
13
Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?*
14
And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?*
15
They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.*
16
Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.*