1 The divine revelation that the prophet Habakkuk saw.
2 How long, O Lord, am I to cry for help,but you will not listen?I cry out to you, “There’s violence!”yet you will not come to the rescue.
3 Why do you make me see wrongdoing?And why do you watch wickedness?Destruction and violence are in front of me.Quarrels and disputes arise.
4 That is why your teaching is numbed,and justice is never carried out.Wicked people surround righteous peopleso that when justice is carried out, it’s perverted.
5 Look among the nations and watch.Be amazed and astonished.I am going to do something in your daysthat you would not believe even if it were reported to you.
6 I am going to send the Babylonians,that fierce and reckless nation.They will march throughout the earthto take possession of lands that don’t belong to them.
7 They will be terrifying and fearsome.They will carry out their own kind of justice and honor.