Habakkuk 1:2 meaning and explanation
How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save?
Habakkuk 1:2, Berean Standard Bible
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Habakkuk speaks as a prophet in Judah, likely in the late seventh century BC, and he opens with a complaint rather than a sermon. The Hebrew word for his cry, chamas, means violence or wrong done to others, and he directs it to Yahweh, the covenant LORD, who seems silent.
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