The Qumran Community · a new plain-English translation from the original language
[The] [pronouncement] [which] [Habakkuk] [the] [prophet] [saw]: [How] [long], [O] [LORD], have I cried out? and not
[will you hear]? [I cry out] [to you], "Violence!" [and] [you do not] [save]. [...] [Its interpretation:] [concerns] [the expectation of] a generation
[to come] [...] all [the things] that are [coming] upon them
[I cry out] [to you], "Violence!" [and] [you do not] [save]. [...] [Its interpretation:] [that] [they cry out] concerning
violence. [...] [Why] [do you show me] iniquity, [and] trouble [do you look upon]? [...]
[Its interpretation:] [concerns] [the fact that] [he looked] upon oppression and treachery [...]
[and] [devastation] [and] [violence] [are] [before me] [...]
[Its interpretation:] [...] they plunder wealth [...] [and] strife arises
[and] contention [breaks out]. [...] [The interpretation of] "strife": and "he plots it," that is
[...] therefore the law grows numb [...]
[Its interpretation:] [concerns] [the Spouter of] [the] [Lie] [and] [the men of] [his congregation] who rejected the law of God [...]
[and] justice [does] [not] [go forth] [victoriously]. [...] [for] [the wicked] surrounds the righteous [...]
[Its interpretation:] [the] [wicked] [one] [is] [the] [Wicked] [Priest] [and] [the] [righteous] one is the Teacher of Righteousness
[who] [...] therefore justice goes forth
perverted. [...] [Its interpretation:] [and] you do not [...]
[...] [Look] among [the] [nations] [and] [behold]
[and] be astonished, be utterly astonished, [for] [a deed] is being done [in] [your days] [that] you will not believe, though