A depiction of the biblical passage Habakkuk 1:2-4 where a lone figure is seen crying out to the heavens pleading for help, seemingly unheard. The environment around this figure is filled with symbolic imagery crafted from swirling hues, illustrating violence, destruction, strife, and contention to highlight the chaotic state of events. Paradoxically, gentle elements of the celestial and ethereal are hinted at in the form of occasional light beams, symbolizing divine indifference. This scene unfolds in a digital art aesthetic with a balance of darkness and faint elements of light piercing through.
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Habakkuk 1:2-4 - "O Lord, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear? Or cry to you “Violence!” and you will not save? Why do you make me see iniquity, and why do you idly look at wrong? Destruction and violence are before me; strife and contention arise. So the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous; so justice goes forth perverted."
O Lord, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear? Or cry to you “Violence!” and you will not save? Why do you make me see iniquity, and why do you idly look at wrong? Destruction and violence are before me; strife and contention arise. So the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous; so justice goes forth perverted.
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Introduction Of The Book Of Habakkuk
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Habakkuk 2:1-3
Habakkuk 1:7 - "They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves."
Habakkuk 2:12 - "¶ Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!"
Habakkuk 2:14 - "For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea."
Habakkuk 3:18 - "Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation."
Habakkuk 2:11 - "For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it."
Habakkuk 3:12 - "Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger."
Habakkuk 1:17 - "Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?"
Habakkuk 3:11 - "The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear."
Habakkuk 1:14 - "And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?"
Habakkuk 3:7 - "I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble."
Habakkuk 3:5 - "Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet."
Habakkuk 2:13 - "Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?"
Habakkuk 1:16 - "Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous."
Habakkuk 3:15 - "Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters."
Habakkuk 2:20 - "But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him."
Habakkuk 1:11 - "Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god."
Habakkuk 2:3 - "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."
"They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves." - Habakkuk 1:7
Habakkuk 3:10 - "The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high."
Habakkuk 2:7 - "Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?"
Habakkuk 2:4 - "Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith."
Habakkuk 3:4 - "And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power."