Habakkuk 1:2

Habakkuk 1:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)O Lord, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
• New International Version (NIV)How long, Lord, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, “Violence!” but you do not save?
• English Standard Version (ESV)O Lord, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear? Or cry to you "Violence!" and you will not save?
• New King James Version (NKJV)O Lord, how long shall I cry, And You will not hear? Even cry out to You, “Violence!” And You will not save.

Context of Habakkuk 1:2

1This is the burden that Habakkuk the prophet received in a vision: 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? 3Why do You make me see iniquity? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict abounds. 4Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.

Habakkuk 1:2 word by word

עַד־אָ֧נָה יְהוָ֛ה שִׁוַּ֖עְתִּי וְלֹ֣א תִשְׁמָ֑ע אֶזְעַ֥ק אֵלֶ֛יךָ חָמָ֖ס וְלֹ֥א תוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃Read the interlinear

• How longעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• How longאָן'ân 'ânâh · where?H575
• O LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• must I call for helpשָׁוַעshâva‛ · to cryH7768
• but You do notלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• or cry outזָעַקzâ‛aq · to cry outH2199
• to Youאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• Violenceחָמָסchâmâs · violenceH2555
• saveיָשַׁעyâsha‛ · to saveH3467

Cross-references for Habakkuk 1:2

• Psalms 13:1How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
• Psalms 74:9There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.
• Psalms 94:3How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?
• Revelation 6:10And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge those who dwell upon the earth and avenge our blood?”
• Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?
• Jeremiah 14:9Why are You like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? Yet You are among us, O LORD, and we are called by Your name. Do not forsake us!
• Lamentations 3:8Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.

Commentaries on Habakkuk 1:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2O Lord, how long shall I cry - The prophet feels himself strongly excited against the vices which he beheld; and which, it appears from this verse, he had often declaimed against, but in vain; the people continued in their vices, and God in his longsuffering. Habakkuk begins his prophecy under a similar feeling, and nearly in similar words, as Juvenal did his Satires: - Semper ego auditor tantum? Nunquamne reponam? Vexatus toties rauci Theseide Codri?…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2O Lord, how long shall I cry - Literally, “how long have I cried so intensely to Thee?” Because it is always the cry of the creature to the One who alone can hear or help - its God. Of this cry the Prophet expresses that it had already lasted long. In that long past he had cried out to God but no change had come. There is an undefined past, and this still continues. How long - as Asaph cries, “how long hast Thou been,” and, it is implied, wilt Thou be…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2I call for help but You do not hear: The call and answer theme in Scripture often shows the speaker's trust in God as a refuge or guide (see Psalm 102:1–2). It also indicates a close relationship between the believer and God (Psalm 145:18; Isaiah 65:24).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-32-3. violence ... Why dost thou show me iniquity?--Similar language is used of the Chaldeans (Ha 1:9, 13), as here is used of the Jews: implying, that as the Jews sinned by violence and injustice, so they should be punished by violence and injustice (Pr 1:31). Jehoiakim's reign was marked by injustice, treachery, and bloodshed (Jr 22:3, 13-17). Therefore the Chaldeans should be sent to deal with him and his nobles according to their dealings with others…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Habakkuk 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings