Quotes from Habakkuk

Quotations follow the King James Version translation (Oxford University Press, 1611) — our recommended edition.

1. 2

   Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

2. 3

   But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

3. 4

   For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

4. 5

   For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

5. 6

   And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.

6. 7

   O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!

7. 8

   Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity.

8. 9

   O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.

9. 10

   I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.