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Habakkuk's Second Lament
Habakkuk 1:12-17
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ADONAI, haven't you existed forever? My God, my holy one, we will not die. ADONAI, you appointed them to execute judgment. Rock, you commissioned them to correct us.
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Your eyes are too pure to see evil, you cannot countenance oppression. So why do you countenance traitors? Why are you silent when evil people swallow up those more righteous than they?
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You make people like fish in the sea, like reptiles that have no ruler.
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The evil haul them all up with their hooks, catch them in their fish net, or gather them in their dragnet. Then they rejoice and make merry,
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offering sacrifices to their fishnet and burning incense to their dragnet; because through them they live in luxury, with plenty of food to eat.
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Should they, therefore, keep emptying their nets? Should they keep slaughtering the nations without pity?
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