Habakkuk 1:12

New English Translation

Lord, you have been active from ancient times; my sovereign God, you are immortal. Lord, you have made them your instrument of judgment. Protector, you have appointed them as your instrument of punishment.

Cross References

Genesis 21:33

Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer Sheba. There he worshiped the Lord, the eternal God.

2 Kings 19:25

Certainly you must have heard! Long ago I worked it out, In ancient times I planned it; and now I am bringing it to pass. The plan is this: Fortified cities will crash into heaps of ruins.

Psalm 102:24

I say, “O my God, please do not take me away in the middle of my life! You endure through all generations.

Psalm 118:17

I will not die, but live, and I will proclaim what the Lord has done.

Psalm 149:2

Let Israel rejoice in their Creator! Let the people of Zion delight in their king!

Psalm 17:13

Rise up, Lord! Confront him! Knock him down! Use your sword to rescue me from the wicked man!

Psalm 18:1

He said: “I love you, Lord, my source of strength!

Psalm 74:12

But God has been my king from ancient times, performing acts of deliverance on the earth.

Psalm 90:1

O Lord, you have been our protector through all generations!

Psalm 90:2

Even before the mountains came into existence, or you brought the world into being, you were the eternal God.

Psalm 93:2

Your throne has been secure from ancient times; you have always been king.

Isaiah 31:1

Those who go down to Egypt for help are as good as dead, those who rely on war horses, and trust in Egypt’s many chariots and in their many, many horsemen. But they do not rely on the Holy One of Israel and do not seek help from the Lord.

Isaiah 37:23

Whom have you taunted and hurled insults at? At whom have you shouted and looked so arrogantly? At the Holy One of Israel!

Isaiah 37:26

Certainly you must have heard! Long ago I worked it out, in ancient times I planned it, and now I am bringing it to pass. The plan is this: Fortified cities will crash into heaps of ruins.

Isaiah 40:28

Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is an eternal God, the creator of the whole earth. He does not get tired or weary; there is no limit to his wisdom.

Isaiah 43:15

I am the Lord, your Holy One, the one who created Israel, your king.”

Isaiah 49:7

This is what the Lord, the protector of Israel, their Holy One, says to the one who is despised and rejected by nations, a servant of rulers: “Kings will see and rise in respect, princes will bow down, because of the faithful Lord, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen you.”

Isaiah 57:15

For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy: “I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.

Jeremiah 30:11

For I, the Lord, affirm that I will be with you and will rescue you. I will completely destroy all the nations where I scattered you. But I will not completely destroy you. I will indeed discipline you, but only in due measure. I will not allow you to go entirely unpunished.”

Jeremiah 4:27

All this will happen because the Lord said, “The whole land will be desolate; however, I will not completely destroy it.

Jeremiah 46:28

I, the Lord, tell you not to be afraid, you descendants of Jacob, my servant, for I am with you. Though I completely destroy all the nations where I scatter you, I will not completely destroy you. I will indeed discipline you but only in due measure. I will not allow you to go entirely unpunished.”

Jeremiah 5:18

Yet even then I will not completely destroy you,” says the Lord.

Lamentations 5:19

But you, O Lord, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation.

Ezekiel 30:25

I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall limp. Then they will know that I am the Lord when I place my sword in the hand of the king of Babylon and he extends it against the land of Egypt.

Micah 5:2

(5:1) As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, seemingly insignificant among the clans of Judah – from you a king will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf, one whose origins are in the distant past.

Habakkuk 3:2

Lord, I have heard the report of what you did; I am awed, Lord, by what you accomplished. In our time repeat those deeds; in our time reveal them again. But when you cause turmoil, remember to show us mercy!

Habakkuk 3:6

He takes his battle position and shakes the earth; with a mere look he frightens the nations. The ancient mountains disintegrate; the primeval hills are flattened. He travels on the ancient roads.

Malachi 3:5

“I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination, those who commit adultery, those who break promises, and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, who refuse to help the immigrant and in this way show they do not fear me,” says the Lord who rules over all.

Malachi 3:6

“Since, I, the Lord, do not go back on my promises, you, sons of Jacob, have not perished.

Acts 3:14

But you rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a man who was a murderer be released to you.

Deuteronomy 32:4

As for the Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. He is a reliable God who is never unjust, he is fair and upright.

Deuteronomy 33:27

The everlasting God is a refuge, and underneath you are his eternal arms; he has driven out enemies before you, and has said, “Destroy!”

1 Timothy 1:17

Now to the eternal king, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever! Amen.

1 Timothy 6:16

He alone possesses immortality and lives in unapproachable light, whom no human has ever seen or is able to see. To him be honor and eternal power! Amen.

Hebrews 13:8

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever!

Revelation 1:11

saying: “Write in a book what you see and send it to the seven churches – to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

Revelation 1:8

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God – the one who is, and who was, and who is still to come – the All-Powerful!

1 Samuel 2:2

No one is holy like the Lord! There is no one other than you! There is no rock like our God!