Habakkuk 1:4
Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
Context
This verse from Habakkuk Chapter 1 connects to 10 cross-references. The prophet cries out to God about the violence and injustice he sees in Judah with no answer. God responds that he is raising up the Chaldeans — the ruthless and violent Babylonians — as instrument of judgment. Habakkuk protests: …
Other Translations
Therefore the law is slacked, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore justice goeth forth perverted.
Therefore doth law cease, And judgment doth not go forth for ever, For the wicked is compassing the righteous, Therefore wrong judgment goeth forth.
For this reason the law is feeble and decisions are not effected: for the upright man is circled round by evil-doers; because of which right is twisted.
Cross References
Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many …
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the …
And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against …
Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.