Habakkuk 2:1
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God’s Reply to the Prophet’s Complaint
2 I will stand at my watchpost
and station myself on the rampart;
I will keep watch to see what he will say to me
and what he[a] will answer concerning my complaint.(A)
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- 2.1 Syr: Heb I
Isaiah 21:8
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8 Then the watcher[a] called out:
“Upon a watchtower I stand, O Lord,
continually by day,
and at my post I am stationed
throughout the night.(A)
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- 21.8 Q ms Syr Vg: MT a lion
Isaiah 62:6
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6 Upon your walls, O Jerusalem,
I have posted sentinels;
all day and all night
they shall never be silent.
You who remind the Lord,
take no rest,(A)
Psalm 85:8
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8 Let me hear what God the Lord will speak,
for he will speak peace to his people,
to his faithful, to those who turn to him in their hearts.[a](A)
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- 85.8 Gk: Heb but let them not turn back to folly
2 Samuel 18:24
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24 Now David was sitting between the two gates. The sentinel went up to the roof of the gate by the wall, and when he looked up he saw a man running alone.(A)
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Psalm 73:16-17
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16 But when I thought how to understand this,
it seemed to me a wearisome task,(A)
17 until I went into the sanctuary of God;
then I perceived their end.(B)
2 Corinthians 13:3
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3 since you desire proof that Christ is speaking in me. He is not weak in dealing with you but is powerful in you.(A)
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Jeremiah 12:1
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Jeremiah Complains to God
12 You will be in the right, O Lord,
when I lay charges against you,
but let me put my case to you.
Why does the way of the guilty prosper?
Why do all who are treacherous thrive?(A)
Psalm 5:3
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3 O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice;
in the morning I plead my case to you and watch.(A)
Isaiah 21:11-12
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11 The oracle concerning Dumah.
One is calling to me from Seir,
“Sentinel, what of the night?
Sentinel, what of the night?”(A)
12 The sentinel says:
“Morning comes and also the night.
If you will inquire, inquire;
come back again.”
Job 31:37
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37 I would give him an account of all my steps;
like a prince I would approach him.(A)
Job 23:5-7
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5 I would learn what he would answer me
and understand what he would say to me.
6 Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power?
No, but he would give heed to me.
7 There the upright could reason with him,
and I should be acquitted forever by my judge.(A)
2 Kings 9:17
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17 In Jezreel, the sentinel standing on the tower spied the company of Jehu arriving and said, “I see a company.” Joram said, “Take a horseman; send him to meet them, and let him say, ‘Is it peace?’ ”
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Galatians 1:16
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16 to reveal his Son to me,[a] so that I might proclaim him among the gentiles, I did not confer with any human,(A)
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- 1.16 Gk in me
Habakkuk 1:12-17
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12 Are you not from of old,
O Lord my God, my Holy One?
You[a] shall not die.
O Lord, you have marked them for judgment,
and you, O Rock, have established them for punishment.(A)
13 Your eyes are too pure to behold evil,
and you cannot look on wrongdoing;
why do you look on the treacherous
and are silent when the wicked swallow
those more righteous than they?(B)
14 You have made people like the fish of the sea,
like crawling things that have no ruler.(C)
15 He brings all of them up with a hook;
he drags them out with his net;
he gathers them in his seine,
so he rejoices and exults.(D)
16 Therefore he sacrifices to his net
and makes offerings to his seine,
for by them his portion is lavish,
and his food is rich.
17 Is he then to keep on emptying his net
and destroying nations without mercy?(E)
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- 1.12 Or We
Isaiah 21:5
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5 They prepare the table;
they spread the rugs;
they eat; they drink.
Rise up, commanders;
oil the shield!(A)
Job 31:35
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35 O that I had one to hear me!
(Here is my signature! Let the Almighty[a] answer me!)
O that I had the indictment written by my adversary!(A)
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- 31.35 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
2 Kings 17:9
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9 The people of Israel did[a] things that were not right against the Lord their God. They built for themselves high places at all their towns, from watchtower to fortified city;(A)
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- 17.9 Meaning of Heb uncertain
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