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
2
The Righteous Will Live by Faith
1I will stand at my post,
and station myself on the rampart.
And I will keep watch to see what he will say to me,
and what he will answer concerning my complaint.
2Then Yahweh answered me and said,
“Write the vision and make it plain on the tablet
so that it might be read quickly.#Literally “it might run reading upon it”
3For there is yet a vision for the appointed time;
it will give witness to the end, and it will not lie.
If it tarries, wait for it,
for it will surely come and not delay.
4Look! His spirit within him is puffed up;
it is not upright.
But the righteous shall live by his faithfulness.
5How much less#Literally “And moreover because” the defiant;#“Defiant” follows the Dead Sea Scrolls (1QpHab)
the arrogant, treacherous man?
He who broadens his throat like Sheol,
and who, like death, is not satisfied,
and who gathers to himself all the nations,
and harvested for himself all the peoples,
will not succeed.
6Shall not all of these take up a taunt against him,
with ridicule and riddles against him, saying,
‘Woe to him who heaps up what is not his’?
For how long?
And, ‘Woe to him who makes himself heavy with pledges’?
7Will not your creditors suddenly rise up
and awaken those who make you tremble?
Then you shall be as plunder for them.
8Because you plundered many nations,
all the remaining nations will plunder you
on account of the blood of humanity
and violence against the land,
and against cities and all who live in them.
9Woe to him who obtains profit from evil gain for his house,
to set his nest on high,
to be saved from the hand of misfortune!
10You have plotted shame for your house,
cutting off many peoples
and sinning against your life.
11For the stone will cry out from the wall,
and the plaster from the wood will answer it.
12Woe to him who builds a city by bloodguilt,
and who founds a city by wickedness!
13Look! Is it not from Yahweh of hosts
that people labor for mere fire,
and nations exhaust themselves for mere vanity?
14For the earth will be filled
with the knowledge of the glory of Yahweh,
like the waters covering the sea.
15Woe to him who gives a drink to his neighbors,
pouring out your wrath and also making them drunk
in order to see their nakedness!
16You will be sated with shame rather than glory.
Drink also yourself, and expose yourself!
The cup of the right hand of Yahweh
will come around upon you
and disgrace upon your glory.
17For the violence of Lebanon will cover you,
and the destruction of wild animals will shatter them
on account of the blood of humanity,
and the violence against the land,
against a city and all the inhabitants in it.
18What value is an idol
when its carver has fashioned it,
a molten idol, a teacher of lies?
For he who fashioned his creation trusts in it,
though making mute idols!
19Woe to him who says to the wood, ‘Wake up!’
And to a lifeless stone, ‘Arise!’
Can he teach?
Look, it is covered with gold and silver,
and there is no breath within it.
20But Yahweh is in his holy temple.
Let all the earth be silent before him.”
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