Habakkuk 2

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Habakkuk 2

God Answers the Prophet

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I will ^(A)stand on my guard post
And station myself on the rampart;
And I will ^(B)keep watch to see ^(C)what He will speak to me,
And how I may reply ^(a)when I am reproved.

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Then the Lord answered me and said,
“^(D)Record the vision
And inscribe it on tablets,
That ^(b)the one who ^(c)reads it may run.

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“For the vision is yet for the ^(E)appointed time;
It ^(d)hastens toward the goal and it will not ^(e)fail.
Though it tarries, ^(F)wait for it;
For it will certainly come, it ^(G)will not delay.

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“Behold, as for the ^(H)proud one,
His soul is not right within him;
But the ^(I)righteous will live by his ^(f)faith.

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“Furthermore, ^(J)wine betrays the ^(K)haughty man,
So that he does not ^(L)stay at home.
He ^(M)enlarges his appetite like Sheol,
And he is like death, never satisfied.
He also gathers to himself all nations
And collects to himself all peoples.

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“Will not all of these ^(N)take up a taunt-song against him,
Even mockery and insinuations against him
And say, ‘^(O)Woe to him who increases what is not his—
For how long—
And makes himself ^(g)rich with loans?’

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“Will not ^(h)your creditors ^(P)rise up suddenly,
And those who ⁽ⁱ⁾collect from you awaken?
Indeed, you will become plunder for them.

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“Because you have ^(Q)looted many nations,
All the remainder of the peoples will loot you—
Because of human bloodshed and violence ^(j)done to the land,
To the town and all its inhabitants.

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“Woe to him who gets ^(R)evil gain for his house
To ^(S)put his nest on high,
To be delivered from the hand of calamity!

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“You have devised a ^(T)shameful thing for your house
By cutting off many peoples;
So you are ^(U)sinning against yourself.

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“Surely the ^(V)stone will cry out from the wall,
And the rafter will answer it from the ^(k)framework.

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“Woe to him who ^(W)builds a city with bloodshed
And founds a town with ^(l)violence!

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“Is it not indeed from the Lord of hosts
That peoples ^(X)toil for fire,
And nations grow weary for nothing?

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“For the earth will be ^(Y)filled
With the knowledge of the glory of the Lord,
As the waters cover the sea.

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“Woe to you who make ^(m)your neighbors drink,
Who mix in your venom even to make them drunk
So as to look on their nakedness!

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“You will be filled with disgrace rather than honor.
Now you yourself ^(Z)drink and ⁽ⁿ⁾expose your own nakedness.
The ^(AA)cup in the Lord’s right hand will come around to you,
And ^(AB)utter disgrace will come upon your glory.

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“For the ^(AC)violence ^(o)done to Lebanon will ^(p)overwhelm you,
And the devastation of its beasts ^(q)by which you terrified them,
^(AD)Because of human bloodshed and ^(AE)violence ^(r)done to the land,
To the town and all its inhabitants.

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“What ^(AF)profit is the ^(s)idol when its maker has carved it,
Or ^(t)an image, a ^(AG)teacher of falsehood?
For its maker ^(AH)trusts in his own handiwork
When he fashions speechless idols.

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“Woe to him who ^(AI)says to a piece of wood, ‘^(AJ)Awake!’
To a mute stone, ‘Arise!’
And that is your teacher?
Behold, it is overlaid with ^(AK)gold and silver,
And there is ^(AL)no breath at all inside it.

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“But the ^(AM)Lord is in His holy temple.
^(u)Let all the earth ^(AN)be silent before Him.”

Footnotes:

a. Habakkuk 2:1: ['Lit ', upon my reproof]

b. Habakkuk 2:2: ['Or ', one may read it fluently]

c. Habakkuk 2:2: ['Or ', is to proclaim it]

d. Habakkuk 2:3: ['Lit ', pants]

e. Habakkuk 2:3: ['Or ', lie]

f. Habakkuk 2:4: ['Or ', faithfulness]

g. Habakkuk 2:6: ['Lit ', heavy]

h. Habakkuk 2:7: ['Lit ', those who bite you]

i. Habakkuk 2:7: ['Lit ', violently shake you]

j. Habakkuk 2:8: ['Lit ', of the land]

k. Habakkuk 2:11: ['Lit ', wood]

l. Habakkuk 2:12: ['Or ', injustice]

m. Habakkuk 2:15: ['Lit ', his neighbor]

n. Habakkuk 2:16: ['Lit ', show yourself uncircumcised, '; or ', stagger, '; so DSS and ancient versions']

o. Habakkuk 2:17: ['Lit ', of Lebanon]

p. Habakkuk 2:17: ['Lit ', cover]

q. Habakkuk 2:17: ['Lit which ', terrified them]

r. Habakkuk 2:17: ['Lit ', of the land]

s. Habakkuk 2:18: ['Or ', a graven image]

t. Habakkuk 2:18: ['Lit a ', cast, ' metal ', image]

u. Habakkuk 2:20: ['Lit ', Hush before Him, all the earth]

Cross references:

A. Habakkuk 2:1: Isaiah 21:8

B. Habakkuk 2:1: Psalm 5:3

C. Habakkuk 2:1: Psalm 85:8

D. Habakkuk 2:2: Deuteronomy 27:8; Romans 15:4; Revelation 1:19

E. Habakkuk 2:3: Daniel 8:17; Daniel 8:19; Daniel 10:14

F. Habakkuk 2:3: Psalm 27:14

G. Habakkuk 2:3: Ezekiel 12:25; Hebrews 10:37

H. Habakkuk 2:4: Psalm 49:18; Isaiah 13:11

I. Habakkuk 2:4: Romans 1:17; Galatians 3:11; Hebrews 10:38

J. Habakkuk 2:5: Proverbs 20:1

K. Habakkuk 2:5: Proverbs 21:24

M. Habakkuk 2:5: Proverbs 27:20; Proverbs 30:16; Isaiah 5:11-15

N. Habakkuk 2:6: Isaiah 14:4-10; Jeremiah 50:13

O. Habakkuk 2:6: Job 20:15-29; Habakkuk 2:12

P. Habakkuk 2:7: Proverbs 29:1

Q. Habakkuk 2:8: Isaiah 33:1; Jeremiah 27:7; Zechariah 2:8

R. Habakkuk 2:9: Jeremiah 22:13; Ezekiel 22:27

S. Habakkuk 2:9: Jeremiah 49:16

T. Habakkuk 2:10: Nahum 1:14; Habakkuk 2:16

U. Habakkuk 2:10: Jeremiah 26:19

V. Habakkuk 2:11: Joshua 24:27; Luke 19:40

W. Habakkuk 2:12: Micah 3:10; Nahum 3:1

X. Habakkuk 2:13: Isaiah 50:11; Jeremiah 51:58

Y. Habakkuk 2:14: Psalm 22:27; Isaiah 11:9; Zechariah 14:9

Z. Habakkuk 2:16: Lamentations 4:21

AA. Habakkuk 2:16: Jeremiah 25:15; Jeremiah 25:17

AB. Habakkuk 2:16: Nahum 3:6

AC. Habakkuk 2:17: Joel 3:19; Zechariah 11:1

AD. Habakkuk 2:17: Psalm 55:23; Habakkuk 2:8

AE. Habakkuk 2:17: Jeremiah 51:35; Habakkuk 2:8

AF. Habakkuk 2:18: Isaiah 42:17; Isaiah 44:9; Jeremiah 2:27; Jeremiah 2:28

AG. Habakkuk 2:18: Jeremiah 10:8; Jeremiah 10:14; Zechariah 10:2

AH. Habakkuk 2:18: Psalm 115:4; Psalm 115:8

AI. Habakkuk 2:19: Jeremiah 2:27; Jeremiah 2:28; Jeremiah 10:3

AK. Habakkuk 2:19: Psalm 135:15-18; Jeremiah 10:4; Jeremiah 10:9; Jeremiah 10:14

AL. Habakkuk 2:19: Psalm 135:17

AM. Habakkuk 2:20: Micah 1:2

AN. Habakkuk 2:20: Zephaniah 1:7; Zechariah 2:13