Habakkuk 1:2

Contemporary English Version 1995

Our Lord, how long must I beg for your help before you listen? How long before you save us from all this violence?

Cross References

Lamentations 3:8

Even when I shouted and prayed for help, he refused to listen.

Jeremiah 14:9

Did this disaster take you by surprise? Are you a warrior with your hands tied? You have chosen us, and your temple is here. Don't abandon us!

Revelation 6:10

They shouted, “Master, you are holy and faithful! How long will it be before you judge and punish the people of this earth who killed us?”

Psalm 94:3

How long will the wicked celebrate and be glad?

Job 19:7

Though I pray to be rescued from this torment, no whisper of justice answers me.

Zechariah 1:12

At this, the angel said, “Lord All-Powerful, for 70 years you have been angry with Jerusalem and the towns of Judah. When are you ever going to have mercy on them?”

Psalm 22:3

Yet you are the holy God, ruling from your throne and praised by Israel.