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 [music] 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 [music] and not fair to people. Evil people win their fights against good people. So the law

is no longer fair, [music] and justice does not win anymore. Verse 5, the Lord answers Habachok,

"Look at the other nations. Watch [music] them, and you will be amazed. I will do something in your lifetime that

will amaze you. [music] 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 [music] to them. Verse 7, the Babylonians will scare the other people.

They will do what they want to [music] do and go where they want to go. Verse 8, their horses will [music] be faster

than leopards and more dangerous than wolves at sunset. Their horse [music] soldiers will come from far away places.

They will attack their enemies quickly like a hungry eagle swooping down from the sky. Verse 9. [music] 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, [music] as many as the grains of sand. Verse 10. The Babylonian soldiers will laugh at

the kings of other nations. Foreign [music] rulers will be like jokes to them. The Babylonian soldiers will laugh

at the cities with tall, strong walls. They will simply build [music] dirt roads up to the top of the walls and

easily defeat the cities. Verse [music] 11, then they will leave like the wind and go on to fight against other places.

The only thing the Babylonians worship [music] 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, [music] 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. [music]

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. [music] Verse 15. The enemy catches all of them with hooks and nets. The enemy catches them

in his net and [music] 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 [music] 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

[music] the Lord will say to me. I will wait and learn how he answers my questions. Verse two, God answers

Habachok. [music] The Lord answered me. Write down what I show you. Write it clearly on a sign so

that the message will be easy [music] to read. Verse three. This message is about a special time in

the future. This message [music] 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 [music] 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 [music] peace. He is like death. He always wants more and more.

And like death, he will never be satisfied. He will [music] 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 [music] 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 [music] 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 [music] they will take things

from you and you will be very afraid. Verse 8, [music] 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. [music] 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 [music] 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 [music] you. Even the wooden rafters be your own house will prove that you are wrong. Verse 12, look

at them. [music] 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 [music] people work to build. All

their work will be for nothing. Verse [music] 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 [music] 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. [music] 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 [music] shame, not honor. 17.

You hurt many people in Lebanon and stole many animals there. So you will be afraid [music] 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 [music]

cities and to the people who live there. Verse 18, the message about idols. Their false [music] god will not help them

because it is only a statue that someone covered with metal. It is only a statue. [music] 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 [music] and say, "Wake up. Don't you know those things

cannot help you? That statue may be covered with [music] 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 [music] 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 [music] pray

that you will do great things in our time. Please make these things happen in our own days. [music] 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 [music] hiding in that hand. Verse 5, the sickness went before him [music] and

the destroyer followed behind him. Verse six, he stood and judged the earth. [music] 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, [music] old hills fell down. God has always been able to do that. Verse 7, [music] 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? [music] 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. [music] It was

proof of your agreement with the families of the earth, and the dry land split the rivers. [music] Verse 10, the

mountains saw you and shook. The water flowed [music] off the land. The water from the sea made a loud noise as it

lost its power over the land. Verse 11, [music] the sun and the moon lost their

brightness. They stopped shining when they saw your bright flashes [music] of lightning. That lightning was like

spears and arrows shooting through the air. Verse 12. In anger, you walked on the [music] 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 [music] most important in the

land. Verse 14. You use Moses walking stick to stop the enemy soldiers. Those soldiers came like a powerful storm

[music] to fight against us. They thought they could defeat us easily as robbing the [music] poor in secret.

Verse 15. But you marched your horses through the deep water, stirring up the mud. Verse 16. [music]

My whole body shook when I heard the story. My lips trembled. [music] 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, [music] and grapes might not grow on the vines.

Olives might not grow on the olive trees, [music] and food might not grow in the fields. There might not be any

sheep in the pens or cattle in the barns. [music] 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. [music] He leads me safely on the mountains. Here ends the reading.

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