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Habakkuk 1:4

“Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.”
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2How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save?

3Why do You make me see iniquity? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict abounds.

4Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.

5“Look at the nations and observe— be utterly astounded! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe even if someone told you.

6For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans — that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own.

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