Fact Check: Accuracy of Habakkuk Easy-to-Read Bible Version Transcript

The book of Habachok, easyto- read version.  Habachok complains to God. Chapter 1:1. This   is the message that was given to Habachok the  prophet. Verse two, Lord, I continue to ask for   help. When will you listen to me? I cried to you  about the violence, but you did nothing. Verse  

three, people are stealing things and hurting  others. They are arguing and fighting. Why do   you make me look at these terrible things?  Verse four, the law is weak and not fair to   people. Evil people win their fights against good  people. So the law is no longer fair, and justice  

does not win anymore. Verse 5, the Lord answers  Habachok, "Look at the other nations. Watch them,   and you will be amazed. I will do something in  your lifetime that will amaze you. You would not   believe it even if you were told about it." Verse  six, I will make the Babylonians a strong nation.  

They are cruel and powerful fighters. They will  march across the earth. They will take houses and   cities that don't belong to them. Verse 7, the  Babylonians will scare the other people. They   will do what they want to do and go where they  want to go. Verse 8, their horses will be faster  

than leopards and more dangerous than wolves  at sunset. Their horse soldiers will come from   far away places. They will attack their enemies  quickly like a hungry eagle swooping down from   the sky. Verse 9. The one thing they all want to  do is fight. Their armies will march fast like the  

wind in the desert, and the Babylonian soldiers  will take many prisoners, as many as the grains of   sand. Verse 10. The Babylonian soldiers will laugh  at the kings of other nations. Foreign rulers will   be like jokes to them. The Babylonian soldiers  will laugh at the cities with tall, strong walls.  

They will simply build dirt roads up to the top of  the walls and easily defeat the cities. Verse 11,   then they will leave like the wind and go on to  fight against other places. The only thing the   Babylonians worship is their own strength.  Verse 12, Habach's second complaint. Lord,  

you are the one who lives forever. You are my  holy God who never dies. Lord, you created the   Babylonians to do what must be done. Our rock. You  created them to punish people. Verse 13. Your eyes   are too good to look at evil. You cannot stand to  see people doing wrong. So why do you permit such  

evil? How can you watch while the wicked destroy  people who are so much better? Verse 14. You made   people like fish in the sea. They are like  little sea animals without a leader. Verse   15. The enemy catches all of them with hooks and  nets. The enemy catches them in his net and drags  

them in. And the enemy is very happy with what he  caught. 16. His net helps him live like the rich   and enjoy the best food. So the enemy worships  his net. He makes sacrifices and burns incense   to honor his net. 17. Will he continue to take  riches with his net? Will he continue destroying  

people without showing mercy? Chapter 2:1. I will  stand like a guard and watch. I will wait to see   what the Lord will say to me. I will wait and  learn how he answers my questions. Verse two,   God answers Habachok. The Lord answered me. Write  down what I show you. Write it clearly on a sign  

so that the message will be easy to read. Verse  three. This message is about a special time in   the future. This message is about the end and  it will come true. Just be patient and wait for   it. That time will come. It will not be late.  Verse four, this message cannot help those who  

refuse to listen to it, but those who are good  will live because they believe it. Verse 5,   wine can trick a person. In the same way, a strong  man's pride can fool him, but he will not find   peace. He is like death. He always wants more and  more. And like death, he will never be satisfied.  

He will continue to defeat other nations and  to make those people his prisoners. Verse 6,   but soon enough, all those people will laugh at  him and tell stories about his defeat. They will   laugh and say, "It's too bad that the man who took  so many things will not get to keep them. He made  

himself rich by collecting debts. Verse 7. Strong  man, you have taken money from people. One day   they will wake up and realize what is happening  and they will stand against you. Then they will   take things from you and you will be very afraid.  Verse 8, you have stolen things from many nations,  

so they will take much from you. You have killed  many people and destroyed lands and cities. You   have killed all the people there. Verse 9. Look at  you people. You get rich by cheating people and it   hurts your own family. You build your houses high  on the cliffs to protect yourself from danger.  

Verse 10. You plan shameful things and that will  bring shame to your own family. You have done   wrong and it will cost you your life. Verse 11,  the stones of the walls will cry out against you.   Even the wooden rafters be your own house  will prove that you are wrong. Verse 12,  

look at them. They kill people to build  their city and do wicked things to make   their walled city strong. Verse 13, but the Lord  all powerful has decided that a fire will destroy   everything that those people work to build.  All their work will be for nothing. Verse 14,  

then people everywhere will know about the glory  of the Lord. This news will spread just as water   spreads out into the sea. Verse 15. It will be  very bad for those who become angry and make other   people suffer. Like an angry drunk, they knock  others to the ground and strip them naked just  

to see their naked bodies. Verse 16. But they  will know the Lord's anger. It will be like a   cup of poison in the Lord's right hand. They will  taste that anger and then they will fall to the   ground like drunks. Evil ruler, you will drink  from that cup. You will get shame, not honor.  

17. You hurt many people in Lebanon and stole  many animals there. So you will be afraid because   of the people who died and because of the bad  things you did to that country. You will be   afraid because of what you did to those cities  and to the people who live there. Verse 18,  

the message about idols. Their false god will  not help them because it is only a statue that   someone covered with metal. It is only a statue.  So whoever made it cannot expect it to help. That   statue cannot even speak. Verse 19. Look at them.  They speak to a wooden statue and tell it, "Get  

up. Rescue me." They talk to a stone that cannot  speak and say, "Wake up. Don't you know those   things cannot help you? That statue may be covered  with gold and silver, but there is no life in it."   20 But the Lord is in his holy temple, so the  whole earth should be silent in his presence and  

show him respect. Chapter 3, the last chapter  of Habachok. Verse one, Habachok's prayer. The   prayer of Habachok the prophet. Verse two. Lord, I  have heard the news about you. I am amazed, Lord,   at the powerful things you did in the past. How  I pray that you will do great things in our time.  

Please make these things happen in our own days.  But in your anger, remember to show mercy to us.   Verse three, God is coming from Tamman. The Holy  One is coming from Mount Pon. His glory covers   the heavens and his praise fills the earth. Verse  four, rays of light shine from his hand. A bright  

shining light. There is such power hiding in  that hand. Verse 5, the sickness went before   him and the destroyer followed behind him. Verse  six, he stood and judged the earth. He looked at   the people of all the nations and they shook with  fear. For many years, the mountains stood strong,  

but those mountains fell to pieces. Those old, old  hills fell down. God has always been able to do   that. Verse 7, I saw that the cities of Kusan  were in trouble and that the houses of Midian   trembled with fear. Verse 8, Lord, were you angry  at the rivers? Were you angry at the streams?  

Were you angry at the sea? Were you angry when you  rode your horses and chariots to victory? Verse 9,   even then you showed your rainbow. It was proof  of your agreement with the families of the earth,   and the dry land split the rivers. Verse 10, the  mountains saw you and shook. The water flowed off  

the land. The water from the sea made a loud noise  as it lost its power over the land. Verse 11,   the sun and the moon lost their brightness. They  stopped shining when they saw your bright flashes   of lightning. That lightning was like spears and  arrows shooting through the air. Verse 12. In  

anger, you walked on the earth and punished the  nations. Verse 13, you came to save your people   and to lead your chosen king to victory. You  killed the leader in every evil family from the   least important person to the most important in  the land. Verse 14. You use Moses walking stick to  

stop the enemy soldiers. Those soldiers came like  a powerful storm to fight against us. They thought   they could defeat us easily as robbing the poor  in secret. Verse 15. But you marched your horses   through the deep water, stirring up the mud. Verse  16. My whole body shook when I heard the story. My  

lips trembled. I felt weak deep down in my bones  and stood there shaking. But I will wait patiently   for destruction to come to those who attack us.  Verse 17. Always rejoice in the Lord. Figs might   not grow on the fig trees, and grapes might not  grow on the vines. Olives might not grow on the  

olive trees, and food might not grow in the  fields. There might not be any sheep in the pens   or cattle in the barns. Verse 18, but I will still  be glad in the Lord and rejoice in God my Savior.   Verse 19, the last verse of Habachok. The Lord  God gives me my strength. He helps me run fast  

like a deer. He leads me safely on the mountains.  Here ends the reading. Let us know in the comment   section if you enjoy this version and audio Bible  reading. Also, tell us what Bible reading you want   us to cover next. Don't forget to share and turn  on your notification bell for our next video.