Habakkuk 1:12 “Are You not from everlasting, O LORD, my God, my Holy One? We will not…”

Habakkuk 1:12

Are You not from everlasting, O LORD, my God, my Holy One? We will not die. O LORD, You have appointed them to execute judgment; O Rock, You have established them for correction.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.

World English Bible

Aren’t you from everlasting, LORD my God, my Holy One? We will not die. LORD, you have appointed them for judgment. You, Rock, have established him to punish.

American Standard Version

Art not thou from everlasting, O Jehovah my God, my Holy One? we shall not die. O Jehovah, thou hast ordained him for judgment; and thou, O Rock, hast established him for correction.

Geneva Bible 1599

Art thou not of olde, O Lord my God, mine holy one? we shall not die: O Lord, thou hast ordeined them for iudgement, and O God, thou hast established them for correction.

Darby Translation

— Art thou not from everlasting, Jehovah my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. Jehovah, thou hast ordained him for judgment; and thou, O Rock, hast appointed him for correction.

Young's Literal Translation

Art not Thou of old, O Jehovah, my God, my Holy One? We do not die, O Jehovah, For judgment Thou hast appointed it, And, O Rock, for reproof Thou hast founded it.

Bible in Basic English

Are you not eternal, O Lord my God, my Holy One? for you there is no death. O Lord, he has been ordered by you for our punishment; and by you, O Rock, he has been marked out to put us right.

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Cross references

“thou not”

Psalm 90:2 Deuteronomy 33:27 Psalm 93:2 Lamentations 5:19 Hebrews 1:10–12 Hebrews 13:8

Psalm 90:2 · BSB

Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.

Deuteronomy 33:27 · BSB

The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’

Psalm 93:2 · BSB

Your throne was established long ago; You are from all eternity.

Lamentations 5:19 · BSB

You, O LORD, reign forever; Your throne endures from generation to generation.

Hebrews 1:10–12 · BSB

And: “In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.

Hebrews 13:8 · BSB

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

“mine”

Isaiah 43:15 Acts 3:14 Isaiah 49:7

Isaiah 43:15 · BSB

I am the LORD, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, and your King.”

Acts 3:14 · BSB

You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.

Isaiah 49:7 · BSB

Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is…

“we”

Jeremiah 30:11 Jeremiah 46:28 Ezekiel 37:11–14 Habakkuk 3:2 Psalm 118:17 Jeremiah 33:24–26

Jeremiah 30:11 · BSB

For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means…

Jeremiah 46:28 · BSB

And you, My servant Jacob, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, for I am with you. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have banished you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline y…

Ezekiel 37:11–14 · BSB

Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’

Habakkuk 3:2 · BSB

O LORD, I have heard the report of You; I stand in awe, O LORD, of Your deeds. Revive them in these years; make them known in these years. In Your wrath, remember mercy!

Psalm 118:17 · BSB

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

Jeremiah 33:24–26 · BSB

“Have you not noticed what these people are saying: ‘The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen’? So they despise My people and no longer regard them as a nation.

“thou hast ordained”

Ezekiel 30:25 Isaiah 10:5–7 Jeremiah 25:9–14 2 Kings 19:25 Psalm 17:13 Isaiah 37:26

Ezekiel 30:25 · BSB

I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king, but Pharaoh’s arms will fall limp. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I place My sword in the hand of Babylon’s king, and he wields it against the land of Egypt.

Isaiah 10:5–7 · BSB

Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.

Jeremiah 25:9–14 · BSB

behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surro…

2 Kings 19:25 · BSB

Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.

Psalm 17:13 · BSB

Arise, O LORD, confront them! Bring them to their knees; deliver me from the wicked by Your sword,

Isaiah 37:26 · BSB

Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.

“mighty God”

Deuteronomy 32:4 1 Samuel 2:2 Psalm 18:1 Deuteronomy 32:30 Deuteronomy 32:31

Deuteronomy 32:4 · BSB

He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.

1 Samuel 2:2 · BSB

There is no one holy like the LORD. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no Rock like our God.

Psalm 18:1 · BSB

I love You, O LORD, my strength.

Deuteronomy 32:30 · BSB

How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?

Deuteronomy 32:31 · BSB

For their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies concede.

“for”

Jeremiah 31:18–20 Isaiah 27:9 Isaiah 27:10 Hebrews 12:5 Hebrews 12:6

Jeremiah 31:18–20 · BSB

I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.

Isaiah 27:9 · BSB

Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standin…

Isaiah 27:10 · BSB

For the fortified city lies deserted— a homestead abandoned, a wilderness forsaken. There the calves graze, and there they lie down; they strip its branches bare.

Hebrews 12:5 · BSB

And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.

Hebrews 12:6 · BSB

For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”

Also

Malachi 3:6

Malachi 3:6 · BSB

“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11Then they sweep by like the wind and pass through. They are guilty; their own strength is their god.”

13Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?

Read Habakkuk 1