Habakkuk 1

^{2 a} The Prophet complaineth vnto God and bewaileth that among the Jewes is lesft none equitie nor brotherlie lour: but in stead hereof reigneth crueltie, theft, contention & strife.

^{2 !} A complaint against the wicked that persecute the just.

^{4 c} Because the judges which shulde redresse this excesse are as euil as the rest.

^{4 b} To suppresse him if any shulde shewe him self zealous of Gods cause.

^{5 d} As in times past you wolde not beleue Gods worde, so shal ye not now beliue the strange plagues which are at hand.

^{7 e} They them selues shal be your judges in this cause, and none shal haue autoritie ouer them to controle them.

^{9 f} For the Jewes moste feared this winde, because it destroyed their frutes.

^{9 g} They shalbe so many in nomber.

^{10 h} They shal case vp mountes against it.

^{11 i} The Prophet comforteth the faithful that God wil also destroy the Babylonians, because they shal abuse this victorie and become proude and insolent, attributing the praise hereof to their idoles.

^{12 k} He assureth the godlie of Gods protection, shewing that the enemie can do no more then God hathe appointed, and also that their sinnes required suche a sharpe rod.

^{14 l} So that the great deuoureth the smale and the Caldeans destroy all the worlde.

^{16 m} Meaning, that the enemies flatter them selues and glorie in their owne force, power, wit.

^{17 n} Meaning, that they shulde not.