1. This is the message that was given to Habakkuk the prophet.
2. Lord, I continue to ask for help.How long will you ignore me?I cry out to you about violence,but you do not save us!
3. Why do you let me see wrong things?Why do you put up with evil?People are destroying things and hurting others while I am looking.They are arguing and fighting.
4. People are not forced to obey the teachings.No one receives a fair trial.Evil people gain while good people lose.The judges no longer make fair decisions.
5. “You and your people, look at the nations!Watch them and be amazed.I will do something in your lifetime that will amaze you.You won’t believe it even when you are told about it.
6. I will use the Babylonian people to punish the evil people.The Babylonians are cruel and powerful fighters.They march across the earth.They take lands that don’t belong to them.
7. The Babylonians frighten other people.They do what they want to do.They are good only to themselves.
8. Their horses are faster than leopardsand more cruel than wolves at sunset.Their horse soldiers attack quickly.They come from places that are far away.They attack quickly, like an eagle swooping down for food.