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Whyלָמָּהdo you make me seeתַרְאֵנִיwickedness,אָוֶןand you lookוְ תַּבִּיטon trouble?עָמָלDevastationוְשֹׁדand violenceוְחָמָסare before me;לְנֶגְדִּיand there isוַיְהִיdispute,רִיבand strifeוּמָדוֹןrises up.יִשָּׂא
Habakkuk 1:3
Study it in the app“Why do you make me see wickedness, and you look on trouble? Devastation and violence are before me; and there is dispute, and strife rises up.”
Habakkuk asks God why he looks on wickedness and violence and does not saveSuffering and Trials
With the Hebrew beneath
Habakkuk 1:3, word by word
- do you make me seeתַרְאֵtare
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “tare” appears- wickednessאָוֶןaven
wickedness
The evil one does.
Where else “aven” appears- and you lookתַּבִּיטtabit
look
Look intently, gaze; regard, pay attention to.
Where else “tabit” appears- on troubleעָמָלamal
toil
Exhausting effort and what it earns.
Where else “amal” appears- Devastationשֹׁדshod
destruction, violence
Devastation, ruin that comes with violence.
Where else “shod” appears- and violenceחָמָסchamas
violence
Violence; unjust harm done to others.
Where else “chamas” appears- are before meנֶגְדִּnegdi
in front of
In someone's presence, before his eyes.
Where else “negdi” appears- and there isיְהִיyehi
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yehi” appears- disputeרִיבriv
case
A matter brought before the judge.
Where else “riv” appears- and strifeמָדוֹןmadon
strife
A confrontation between people who accuse and face off against each other.
Where else “madon” appears- rises upיִשָּׂאyisa
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “yisa” appears
The context
2How long, YHWH, will I cry for help and you will not listen? I cry out to you, “Violence,” and you do not save.
3 · This verse (above)
4Therefore instruction grows numb, and justice never goes forth; for the wicked surrounds the righteous; therefore justice goes forth twisted.