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Habakkuk 1

Hab. 1:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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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
, how long shall I cry
shava` (Hebrew #7768)
properly, to be free; but used only causatively and reflexively, to halloo (for help, i.e. freedom from some trouble)
KJV usage: cry (aloud, out), shout.
Pronounce: shaw-vah'
Origin: a primitive root
, and thoua wilt not hear
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
! even cry out
za`aq (Hebrew #2199)
to shriek (from anguish or danger); by analogy, (as a herald) to announce or convene publicly
KJV usage: assemble, call (together), (make a) cry (out), come with such a company, gather (together), cause to be proclaimed.
Pronounce: zaw-ak'
Origin: a primitive root
unto thee of violence
chamac (Hebrew #2555)
violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain
KJV usage: cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, X oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.
Pronounce: khaw-mawce'
Origin: from 2554
, and thou wilt not save
yasha` (Hebrew #3467)
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
KJV usage: X at all, avenging, defend, deliver(-er), help, preserve, rescue, be safe, bring (having) salvation, save(-iour), get victory.
Pronounce: yaw-shah'
Origin: a primitive root
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Lam. 3:8• 8Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer. (Lam. 3:8)

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 13:1‑2• 1<<To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.>> How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
 2How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? (Psa. 13:1‑2)
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Psa. 74:9‑10• 9We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
 10O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? (Psa. 74:9‑10)
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Psa. 94:3• 3Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? (Psa. 94:3)
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Rev. 6:10• 10And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? (Rev. 6:10)
and thou wilt not save.
Psa. 22:1‑2• 1<<To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.>> My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
 2O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. (Psa. 22:1‑2)
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Jer. 14:9• 9Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O Lord, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not. (Jer. 14:9)
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Lam. 3:8• 8Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer. (Lam. 3:8)
• Here then the prophet groans, but he does what the Jews did not in Hosea—he groans to God. (“Habakkuk 1” by W. Kelly)
• Invariably, wherever there is real faith, it must be tried. We find accordingly the trial even before the faith is distinctly in evidence; yet had there not been real faith underneath, we may be perfectly assured there would have been no such putting to the proof. (“Habakkuk 1” by W. Kelly)
• His spirit is troubled, not simply by the wickedness of the nations, but on account of the evil amongst the people of God. (“Habakkuk” by H. Smith)
• In the presence of all these sorrows the prophet groans in spirit, for God's word permits of a groan, but never a grumble (Rom. 8:22-27). Moreover, the prophet utters his groans to the Lord. Alas! too often there is a tendency with us, as believers, to discuss among ourselves the failures of the people of God. (“Habakkuk” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Jehovah, how long shall I cry and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee, Violence! and thou dost not save.