1 This is the message Habakkuk the prophet received.
2 Lord, how long must I ask for helpand you ignore me?I cry out to you about violence,but you do not save us!
3 Why do you make me see wrong thingsand make me look at trouble?People are destroying things and hurting others in front of me;they are arguing and fighting.
4 So the teachings are weak,and justice never comes.Evil people gain while good people lose;the judges no longer make fair decisions.
5 “Look at the nations!Watch them and be amazed and shocked.I will do something in your lifetimethat you won’t believe even when you are told about it.
6 I will use the Babylonians,those cruel and wild peoplewho march across the earthand take lands that don’t belong to them.
7 They scare and frighten people.They do what they want to doand are good only to themselves.