My Morning Cup.

Habakkuk 1:2-5

Habakkuk’s Complaint

How long, LORD, must I call for help,
but you do not listen?
Or cry out to you, “Violence!”
but you do not save?
Why do you make me look at injustice?
Why do you tolerate wrongdoing?
Destruction and violence are before me;
there is strife, and conflict abounds.
Therefore the law is paralyzed,
and justice never prevails.
The wicked hem in the righteous,
so that justice is perverted.

The LORD’s Answer

“Look at the nations and watch—
and be utterly amazed.
For I am going to do something in your days
that you would not believe,
even if you were told.

I'm currently reading through the book of Habakkuk. It was written in the mid to late 7th century B.C., not long before the Babylonian siege and capture of Jerusalem (Old Testament prophecy is so cool).