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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HAB.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I will stand at my watch</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HAB.2.1"><span class="content">and station myself on the ramparts;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HAB.2.1"><span class="content">I will look to see what he will say to me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HAB.2.1"><span class="content">and what answer I am to give to this complaint.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">and what to answer when I am rebuked</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading">&#8217;s Answer</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HAB.2.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HAB.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> replied:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HAB.2.2"><span class="content">&#8220;Write down the revelation</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HAB.2.2"><span class="content">and make it plain on tablets</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HAB.2.2"><span class="content">so that a herald</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">so that whoever reads it</span></span></span><span class="content"> may run with it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HAB.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAB.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For the revelation awaits an appointed time;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAB.2.3"><span class="content">it speaks of the end</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAB.2.3"><span class="content">and will not prove false.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAB.2.3"><span class="content">Though it linger, wait for it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAB.2.3"><span class="content">it</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Though he linger, wait for him; / he</span></span></span><span class="content"> will certainly come</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAB.2.3"><span class="content">and will not delay.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAB.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HAB.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;See, the enemy is puffed up;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HAB.2.4"><span class="content">his desires are not upright&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HAB.2.4"><span class="content">but the righteous person will live by his faithfulness</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">faith</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HAB.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAB.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">indeed, wine betrays him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAB.2.5"><span class="content">he is arrogant and never at rest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAB.2.5"><span class="content">Because he is as greedy as the grave</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAB.2.5"><span class="content">and like death is never satisfied,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAB.2.5"><span class="content">he gathers to himself all the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAB.2.5"><span class="content">and takes captive all the peoples.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAB.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HAB.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;Will not all of them taunt him with ridicule and scorn, saying,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HAB.2.6"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Woe to him who piles up stolen goods</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HAB.2.6"><span class="content">and makes himself wealthy by extortion!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HAB.2.6"><span class="content">How long must this go on?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HAB.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HAB.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Will not your creditors suddenly arise?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HAB.2.7"><span class="content">Will they not wake up and make you tremble?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HAB.2.7"><span class="content">Then you will become their prey.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HAB.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HAB.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Because you have plundered many nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HAB.2.8"><span class="content">the peoples who are left will plunder you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HAB.2.8"><span class="content">For you have shed human blood;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HAB.2.8"><span class="content">you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HAB.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HAB.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HAB.2.9"><span class="content">setting his nest on high</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HAB.2.9"><span class="content">to escape the clutches of ruin!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HAB.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HAB.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">You have plotted the ruin of many peoples,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HAB.2.10"><span class="content">shaming your own house and forfeiting your life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HAB.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HAB.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The stones of the wall will cry out,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HAB.2.11"><span class="content">and the beams of the woodwork will echo it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HAB.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HAB.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HAB.2.12"><span class="content">and establishes a town by injustice!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HAB.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HAB.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Has not the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty determined</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HAB.2.13"><span class="content">that the people&#8217;s labor is only fuel for the fire,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HAB.2.13"><span class="content">that the nations exhaust themselves for nothing?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HAB.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HAB.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HAB.2.14"><span class="content">as the waters cover the sea.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HAB.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HAB.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HAB.2.15"><span class="content">pouring it from the wineskin till they are drunk,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HAB.2.15"><span class="content">so that he can gaze on their naked bodies!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HAB.2.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HAB.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">You will be filled with shame instead of glory.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HAB.2.16"><span class="content">Now it is your turn! Drink and let your nakedness be exposed</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:16 </span><span class="ft">Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls, Aquila, Vulgate and Syriac (see also Septuagint) </span><span class="fqa">and stagger</span></span></span><span class="content">!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HAB.2.16"><span class="content">The cup from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s right hand is coming around to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HAB.2.16"><span class="content">and disgrace will cover your glory.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HAB.2.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HAB.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The violence you have done to Lebanon will overwhelm you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HAB.2.17"><span class="content">and your destruction of animals will terrify you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HAB.2.17"><span class="content">For you have shed human blood;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HAB.2.17"><span class="content">you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HAB.2.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HAB.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;Of what value is an idol carved by a craftsman?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HAB.2.18"><span class="content">Or an image that teaches lies?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HAB.2.18"><span class="content">For the one who makes it trusts in his own creation;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HAB.2.18"><span class="content">he makes idols that cannot speak.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HAB.2.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HAB.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Woe to him who says to wood, &#8216;Come to life!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HAB.2.19"><span class="content">Or to lifeless stone, &#8216;Wake up!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HAB.2.19"><span class="content">Can it give guidance?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HAB.2.19"><span class="content">It is covered with gold and silver;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HAB.2.19"><span class="content">there is no breath in it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HAB.2.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="HAB.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is in his holy temple;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="HAB.2.20"><span class="content">let all the earth be silent before him.</span></span></div>
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I will stand at my watch
and station myself on the ramparts;
I will look to see what he will say to me,
and what answer I am to give to this complaint.
LORD
Then the LORD replied:
“Write down the revelation
and make it plain on tablets
so that a herald may run with it.
For the revelation awaits an appointed time;
it speaks of the end
and will not prove false.
Though it linger, wait for it;
it will certainly come
and will not delay.


“See, the enemy is puffed up;
his desires are not upright—
but the righteous person will live by his faithfulness—
indeed, wine betrays him;
he is arrogant and never at rest.
Because he is as greedy as the grave
and like death is never satisfied,
he gathers to himself all the nations
and takes captive all the peoples.
“Will not all of them taunt him with ridicule and scorn, saying,
“ ‘Woe to him who piles up stolen goods
and makes himself wealthy by extortion!
How long must this go on?’
Will not your creditors suddenly arise?
Will they not wake up and make you tremble?
Then you will become their prey.
Because you have plundered many nations,
the peoples who are left will plunder you.
For you have shed human blood;
you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.

“Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain,
setting his nest on high
to escape the clutches of ruin!
You have plotted the ruin of many peoples,
shaming your own house and forfeiting your life.
The stones of the wall will cry out,
and the beams of the woodwork will echo it.

“Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed
and establishes a town by injustice!
Has not the LORD Almighty determined
that the people’s labor is only fuel for the fire,
that the nations exhaust themselves for nothing?
For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD
as the waters cover the sea.

“Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors,
pouring it from the wineskin till they are drunk,
so that he can gaze on their naked bodies!
You will be filled with shame instead of glory.
Now it is your turn! Drink and let your nakedness be exposed!
The cup from the LORD’s right hand is coming around to you,
and disgrace will cover your glory.
The violence you have done to Lebanon will overwhelm you,
and your destruction of animals will terrify you.
For you have shed human blood;
you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.

“Of what value is an idol carved by a craftsman?
Or an image that teaches lies?
For the one who makes it trusts in his own creation;
he makes idols that cannot speak.
Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Come to life!’
Or to lifeless stone, ‘Wake up!’
Can it give guidance?
It is covered with gold and silver;
there is no breath in it.”

The LORD is in his holy temple;
let all the earth be silent before him.

Poslouchat Habakkuk 2