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15 You rode on the sea with your horses,
    even riding[a] the crested waves of mighty waters.

Habakkuk’s Response

16 I heard and I trembled within.
    My lips quivered at the noise.
My legs gave way beneath me,[b]
    and I trembled.

Nevertheless, I await the day of distress
    that will dawn on our invaders.

17 Even though the fig tree does not blossom,
    and there are no grapes on the vines;
even if the olive harvest fails,
    and the fields produce nothing edible;
even if the flock is snatched from the sheepfold,
    and there is no herd in the stalls—

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 3:15 The Heb. lacks even riding
  2. Habakkuk 3:16 Lit. Rottenness enters my bones