1I am Habakkuk, a prophet. This is the message that Yahweh gave to me in a vision.
2I said, “Yahweh, how long must I continue to call to you for help
3◄Must I/I do not want to► continue seeing people doing what is unjust [RHQ].
4No one obeys laws [PRS],
5Yahweh replied to me,
6The soldiers of Babylonia are fierce/cruel and swift.
7They are people whom others fear very much [DOU],
8The horses that pull their chariots go faster than leopards,
9As they ride along,
10They make fun of kings and princes of other countries,
11They rush past like the wind,
12Then I said, “Yahweh, you have certainly [RHQ] always/forever been God.
13You [SYN] are pure, and you cannot endure looking at what is evil,
14Do you consider that we are like fish in the sea,
15The soldiers of Babylonia think that we are fish [RHQ] for them to pull out of the sea with hooks
16If they catch us, they will worship their weapons [MET] with which they captured us, and offer sacrifices to them
17Will you allow them to continue to conquer people [MET] forever?