Habakkuk 2
2
1#Ps 85:8; Isa 21:8 I will stand at my watch
and station myself on the watchtower;
and I will keep watch to see what He will say to me,
and what I will answer when I am reproved.
The Just Shall Live by Faith
2#Dt 27:8; Isa 8:1And the Lord answered me:
Write the vision,
and make it plain on tablets,
that he who reads it may run.
3#Da 10:14; Ps 27:14 For the vision is yet for an appointed time;
but it speaks of the end,
and does not lie.
If it delays, wait for it;
it will surely come, it will not delay.
4#Ro 1:17; Heb 10:38; Jn 3:36 Look, his soul is lifted up;
it is not upright in him;
but the just shall live by his faith.
5#Pr 27:20; 20:1 Indeed, wine betrays the proud man,
who does not stay at home.
He enlarges his appetite as Sheol,
and like death he is never satisfied.
He gathers to himself all nations
and collects for himself all peoples.
Woe to the Wicked
6#Nu 23:7; Job 20:15–29Shall not all these take up a taunt against him, with satire and riddles, and say,
“Woe to him who increases what is not his—how long?
And to him who loads himself with heavy debts!”
7#Pr 29:1 Shall not your debtors rise up suddenly,
and those awake who oppress you?
Then you will be their plunder.
8#Isa 33:1; Hab 2:17 Because you have plundered many nations,
all the remnant of the people will plunder you,
because of the bloodshed of men and violence of the land,
of the cities and all who live in them.
9#Jer 49:16 “Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house,
to set his nest on high,
to be delivered from the power of calamity!”
10#2Ki 9:26; Na 1:14 You have given shameful counsel to your house
by cutting off many peoples,
and forfeiting your life.
11#Lk 19:40; Jos 24:27 For the stone will cry out from the wall,
and the beam of the woodwork will answer it.
12#Mic 3:10; Na 3:1 “Woe to him who builds a town with bloodshed
and establishes a city on iniquity!”
13#Isa 50:11; Jer 51:58 Is it not from the Lord of Hosts
that the people labor to feed fire,
and the nations weary themselves for nothing?
14#Isa 11:9; Ps 22:27 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord,
as the waters cover the seas.
15#Ge 9:22; Jer 51:7 “Woe to him who makes his neighbor drink,
pouring out your poison until they are drunk,
that you may look on their nakedness!”
16#Isa 47:3 You will be filled with shame instead of glory.
You yourself—drink and show your uncircumcision!
The cup of the Lord’s right hand will be turned against you,
and utter shame will come on your glory!
17#Hab 2:8; Ps 55:23; Zec 11:1 The violence done to Lebanon will cover you,
as will the plunder of beasts that terrified them,
because of the bloodshed of men and violence of the land,
of the cities and all who live in them.
18#Jer 10:8; Zec 10:2 What profit is a carved image when its maker has carved it,
a cast image, and a teacher of lies,
that its maker trusts in what he has shaped
when he makes mute idols?
19#Ps 135:17; Jer 10:4 Woe to him who says to the wood, “Awake!”
To the silent stone, “Arise!” Can it teach?
It is overlaid with gold and silver,
and there is no breath at all in it.
20#Ps 11:4; Zep 1:7 But the Lord is in His holy temple.
Let all the earth keep silence before Him.
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Habakkuk 2
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1I will stand at my watch and set myself on the ramparts, and will look out to see what he will say to me, and what I will answer concerning my complaint.
2Yahweh answered me, “Write the vision, and make it plain on tablets, that he who runs may read it. 3For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won’t prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it, because it will surely come. It won’t delay. 4Behold, his soul is puffed up. It is not upright in him, but the righteous will live by his faith. 5Yes, moreover, wine is treacherous: an arrogant man who doesn’t stay at home, who enlarges his desire as Sheol;#2:5 Sheol is the place of the dead. he is like death and can’t be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations and heaps to himself all peoples.
6Won’t all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, ‘Woe to him who increases that which is not his, and who enriches himself by extortion! How long?’ 7Won’t your debtors rise up suddenly, and wake up those who make you tremble, and you will be their victim? 8Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples will plunder you because of men’s blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all who dwell in it.
9Woe to him who gets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil! 10You have devised shame to your house by cutting off many peoples, and have sinned against your soul. 11For the stone will cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the woodwork will answer it.
12Woe to him who builds a town with blood, and establishes a city by iniquity! 13Behold, isn’t it from Yahweh of Armies that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity? 14For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of Yahweh’s glory, as the waters cover the sea.
15“Woe to him who gives his neighbor drink, pouring your inflaming wine until they are drunk, so that you may gaze at their naked bodies! 16You are filled with shame, and not glory. You will also drink and be exposed! The cup of Yahweh’s right hand will come around to you, and disgrace will cover your glory. 17For the violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of the animals will terrify you, because of men’s blood and for the violence done to the land, to every city and to those who dwell in them.
18“What value does the engraved image have, that its maker has engraved it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he who fashions its form trusts in it, to make mute idols? 19Woe to him who says to the wood, ‘Awake!’ or to the mute stone, ‘Arise!’ Shall this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all within it. 20But Yahweh is in his holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before him!”
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