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Habakkuk 1

Hab. 1:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Art thou not from everlasting
qedem (Hebrew #6924)
from 6923; the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)
KJV usage: aforetime, ancient (time), before, east (end, part, side, -ward), eternal, X ever(-lasting), forward, old, past. Compare 6926.
Pronounce: keh'-dem
Origin: or qedmah {kayd'-maw}
, O Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
my God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
, mine Holy One
qadowsh (Hebrew #6918)
from 6942; sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary
KJV usage: holy (One), saint.
Pronounce: kaw-doshe'
Origin: or qadosh {kaw-doshe'}
? we shall not die
muwth (Hebrew #4191)
causatively, to kill
KJV usage: X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), X must needs, slay, X surely, X very suddenly, X in (no) wise.
Pronounce: mooth
Origin: a primitive root: to die (literally or figuratively)
. O Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, thou hast ordained
suwm (Hebrew #7760)
a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, + disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, + name, X on, ordain, order, + paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), + regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, + stedfastly, take, X tell, + tread down, ((over-))turn, X wholly, work.
Pronounce: soom
Origin: or siym {seem}
them for judgment
mishpat (Hebrew #4941)
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
KJV usage: + adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, X worthy, + wrong.
Pronounce: mish-pawt'
Origin: from 8199
; and, O mighty τGod
tsuwr (Hebrew #6697)
from 6696; properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
KJV usage: edge, X (mighty) God (one), rock, X sharp, stone, X strength, X strong. See also 1049.
Pronounce: tsoor
Origin: or tsur {tsoor}
, thou hast φestablished
yacad (Hebrew #3245)
to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consult
KJV usage: appoint, take counsel, establish, (lay the, lay for a) found(-ation), instruct, lay, ordain, set, X sure.
Pronounce: yaw-sad'
Origin: a primitive root
them for correction
yakach (Hebrew #3198)
to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
KJV usage: appoint, argue, chasten, convince, correct(-ion), daysman, dispute, judge, maintain, plead, reason (together), rebuke, reprove(-r), surely, in any wise.
Pronounce: yaw-kahh'
Origin: a primitive root
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τ
rock.
φ
founded.

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thou not.
Deut. 33:27• 27The God of ages is a refuge,{HR}And underneath the everlasting arms;{HR}And he shall drive away the enemy from thy presence,{HR}And say, Destroy! (Deut. 33:27)
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Psa. 90:2• 2Before mountains were brought forth,{HR}And thou gavest birth to earth and world,{HR}Even from eternity to eternity {i}thou{/i} [art] God . (Psa. 90:2)
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Psa. 93:2• 2Fixed [is] thy throne of old:{HR}From eternity [art] {i}thou.{/i} (Psa. 93:2)
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Isa. 40:28• 28Dost thou not know, hast thou not heard, [that] the everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? [There is] no searching of his understanding. (Isa. 40:28)
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Isa. 57:15• 15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name [is] Holy, I dwell in the high and holy [place], with him also [that is] of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. (Isa. 57:15)
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Lam. 5:19• 19Thou, O Jehovah, remainest forever; thy throne from generation to generation. (Lam. 5:19)
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Mic. 5:2• 2But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel: his goings forth have been of old from everlasting. (Mic. 5:2)
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1 Tim. 1:17• 17Now to him who is King of the ages, incorruptible, invisible, only God, [be] honour and glory unto the ages of ages. Amen. (1 Tim. 1:17)
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1 Tim. 6:16• 16who only hath immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable, whom none of men saw nor can see; to whom [be] honour and might eternal. Amen. (1 Tim. 6:16)
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Heb. 1:10‑12• 10And, Thou in the beginning, Lord, foundedst the earth, and the heavens are works of thy hands.
 11They shall perish, but thou continuest; and they all shall grow old as a garment,
 12and as a covering thou shalt roll them up, and they shall be changed; but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. (Heb. 1:10‑12)
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Heb. 13:8• 8Jesus Christ [is] the same yesterday and today, and unto the ages. (Heb. 13:8)
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Rev. 1:8,11• 8I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith the Lord God, that is and that was and that is to come, the Almighty.
 11saying, What thou seest write in a book, and send to the seven churches; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. (Rev. 1:8,11)
mine.
Isa. 43:15• 15I [am] Jehovah, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King. (Isa. 43:15)
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Isa. 49:7• 7Thus saith Jehovah, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to him whom the soul despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth to a servant of rulers, kings shall see and arise, princes and they shall worship, because of Jehovah that is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee. (Isa. 49:7)
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Acts 3:14• 14But ye denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you; (Acts 3:14)
we.
Hab. 3:2• 2O Jehovah, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid. (Hab. 3:2)
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Psa. 118:17• 17I shall not die but live{HR}And declare the works of Jah. (Psa. 118:17)
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Isa. 27:6‑9• 6In future Jacob shall take root; Israel shall bud and blossom, and fill the face of the world with fruit.
 7Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? [or] is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?
 8In measure, in sending her away, didst thou contend with her? He hath removed [her] with his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
 9By this, therefore, shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this [is] all the fruit of taking away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalk-stones that are beaten in pieces—the Asherahs and the sun-images shall not stand. (Isa. 27:6‑9)
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Jer. 4:27• 27{i}For thus saith Jehovah: The whole land shall be a desolation; but I will not make a full end.{/i} (Jer. 4:27)
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Jer. 5:18• 18{i}Nevertheless in those days, saith Jehovah, I will not make a full end with you.{/i} (Jer. 5:18)
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Jer. 30:11• 11For I am with thee, saith Jehovah, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished. (Jer. 30:11)
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Jer. 33:24‑26• 24Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which Jehovah hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.
 25Thus saith Jehovah, If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;
 26then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them. (Jer. 33:24‑26)
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Jer. 46:28• 28Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith Jehovah: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished. (Jer. 46:28)
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Ezek. 37:11‑14• 11Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
 12Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
 13And ye shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
 14and shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I Jehovah have spoken it, and performed it, saith Jehovah. (Ezek. 37:11‑14)
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Amos 9:8‑9• 8{i}Behold, the eyes of the Lord Jehovah are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth: only that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith Jehovah.{/i}
 9{i}For behold, I command, and I will shake the house of Israel to and fro among all the nations, like as one shaketh corn in a sieve; yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.{/i} (Amos 9:8‑9)
thou hast ordained.
2 Kings 19:25• 25{i}Hast thou not heard long ago that I have done it?{HR}And that from ancient days I formed it?{HR}Now have I brought it to pass,{HR}That thou shouldest lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.{HR}{/i} (2 Kings 19:25)
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Psa. 17:13• 13Arise, O Jehovah, go before his face, cause him to bow down;{HR}Deliver my soul from the wicked [man], thy sword: (Psa. 17:13)
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Isa. 10:5‑7• 5Ho, Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, the staff in whose hand is mine indignation.
 6I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to seize the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
 7But he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but [it is] in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few. (Isa. 10:5‑7)
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Isa. 37:26• 26Hast thou not heard long ago I have done it, how of ancient days I purposed it? Now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest waste fortified cities [to] ruinous heaps. (Isa. 37:26)
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Jer. 25:9‑14• 9I will send and take all the families of the north, saith Jehovah, and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.
 10Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.
 11And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
 12And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith Jehovah, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.
 13And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations.
 14For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands. (Jer. 25:9‑14)
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Ezek. 30:25• 25But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt. (Ezek. 30:25)
mighty God.
Heb. Rock.
Deut. 32:4,30‑31• 4{i}He is the Rock{/i}, his doing is perfect:{HR}For all his ways are judgment:{HR}A God of truth without iniquity,{HR}Just and right is he.
 30{i}How could one chase a thousand,{HR}And two put ten thousand to flight,{HR}Were it not that their Rock had sold them,{HR}And Jehovah had delivered them up?{HR}{/i}
 31{i}For their rock is not as our Rock:{HR}Let our enemies themselves be judges.{HR}{/i} (Deut. 32:4,30‑31)
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1 Sam. 2:2• 2There is none holy as Jehovah:{HR}For there is none beside thee:{HR}Neither is there any rock like our God. (1 Sam. 2:2)
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Psa. 18:1• 1To the chief musician, by a servant of Jehovah, by David, who spake unto Jehovah the words of this song in the day Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul.{HR}And he said, I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength. (Psa. 18:1)
established.
Heb. founded.
for.
Isa. 27:9‑10• 9By this, therefore, shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this [is] all the fruit of taking away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalk-stones that are beaten in pieces—the Asherahs and the sun-images shall not stand.
 10For the fortified city [is] solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume its boughs. (Isa. 27:9‑10)
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Jer. 30:11• 11For I am with thee, saith Jehovah, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished. (Jer. 30:11)
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Jer. 31:18‑20• 18I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah my God.
 19Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
 20Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 31:18‑20)
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Jer. 46:28• 28Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith Jehovah: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished. (Jer. 46:28)
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Heb. 12:5‑6• 5And ye have quite forgotten the exhortation the which discourseth with you as sons, My son, regard not lightly Jehovah's chastening, nor faint when reproved of him:
 6for whom Jehovah loveth, he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. (Heb. 12:5‑6)
• He {Habakkuk} bows in a measure to the wisdom and righteousness of the discipline; and if not complete as yet, we shall find it has its perfect work before he closes. It is of deep interest to mark such progress in the soul, and it is always thus where there is reality. (“Habakkuk 1” by W. Kelly)
• The Chaldeans....were brought out fully as a scourge; and this is clearly set forth; but it cannot be without God’s taking them in hand in the end. All was measured. His mercy always measured the trial where His people must needs come under a chastening. (“Habakkuk 1” by W. Kelly)
• In the verses that follow (Hab. 1:12-17), we hear the prophet again speaking to the Lord; not as before, to pour out the anguish of his soul because of the low condition of the people of God, but to appeal to God because of the wickedness of those who had been allowed to chasten the people of God. (“The Card on the Pavement”)
• "We shall not die." If God deals in chastening with His people, it is that they may live in consistency with Himself: if He deals in judgment with His enemies, it is their everlasting destruction according to their own deserts. (“The Card on the Pavement”)

J. N. Darby Translation

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—Art thou not from everlasting, Jehovah my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. Jehovah, thou hast ordained him for judgment; and thou, O Rock, hast appointed him for correction.

W. Kelly Translation

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Art thou not from everlasting, O Jehovah my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O Jehovah, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.