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Habakkuk 1:2
2Lord, how long must I call out to you for help? You do not listen to me! I shout aloud to you, ‘Violence is everywhere!’ but you do nothing to make us safe.
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 message that God showed to his prophet Habakkuk. Lord, how long must I call out to you for help? You do not listen to me! I shout aloud to you, ‘Violence is everywhere!’ but you do nothing to make us safe. 3You cause me to see many things that are not right. You do not punish people who are doing wrong things. Why do you let that happen? People do cruel things and there is violence everywhere. They argue and they fight and they quarrel. 4The law has no power to make things right. There is no justice in the courts. Instead, wicked people win against good people. The judges decide that bad people are good.
Read all of Habakkuk 1Habakkuk 1:2 word by word
עַד־אָ֧נָה יְהוָ֛ה שִׁוַּ֖עְתִּי וְלֹ֣א תִשְׁמָ֑ע אֶזְעַ֥ק אֵלֶ֛יךָ חָמָ֖ס וְלֹ֥א תוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Habakkuk 1:2
- Psalms 13:1Lord, will you forget about me for ever? When will you remember to come and help me?
- Psalms 74:9We no longer see any signs that God is with us. There are no more prophets among us. Nobody can tell us how long this will continue.
- Psalms 94:3How long will wicked people continue to be happy? Yes, Lord, how long?
- Revelation 6:10These believers called out loudly, ‘Lord, you have all authority. You are completely good. You always do what is right. When will you decide to judge the people who live on the earth? Do not wait! You should quickly punish the people who killed us!’
- Psalms 22:1My God! My God, why have you left me alone? Why is my help far away? I am crying out in great pain!
- Jeremiah 14:9You seem to be like a helpless person. You are like a brave fighter who has lost his strength to save anyone. But surely you are among us, Lord. We belong to you as your own people. Do not leave us alone!’
- Lamentations 3:8I shout and I pray for help, but God does not listen.
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
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