Habakkuk 2:1-9
Christian Standard Bible
Habakkuk Waits for God’s Response
2 I will stand at my guard post
and station myself on the lookout tower.(A)
I will watch to see what he will say to me(B)
and what I should[a] reply about my complaint.
God’s Second Answer
2 The Lord answered me:
Write down this vision;(C)
clearly inscribe it on tablets
so one may easily read it.[b]
3 For the vision is yet for the appointed time;(D)
it testifies about the end and will not lie.
Though it delays, wait for it,
since it will certainly come and not be late.(E)
4 Look, his ego is inflated;[c]
he is without integrity.
But the righteous one will live by his faith.[d](F)
5 Moreover, wine[e] betrays;
an arrogant man is never at rest.[f]
He enlarges his appetite like Sheol,
and like Death he is never satisfied.(G)
He gathers all the nations to himself;(H)
he collects all the peoples for himself.
The Five Woe Oracles
6 Won’t all of these take up a taunt against him,(I)
with mockery and riddles about him?
They will say,
“Woe to him who amasses what is not his—
how much longer?(J)—
and loads himself with goods taken in pledge.”(K)
7 Won’t your creditors suddenly arise,
and those who disturb you wake up?
Then you will become spoil for them.(L)
8 Since you have plundered many nations,(M)
all the peoples who remain will plunder you(N)—
because of human bloodshed
and violence(O) against lands, cities,
and all who live in them.(P)
9 Woe to him who dishonestly makes
wealth for his house[g](Q)
to place his nest on high,
to escape the grasp of disaster!(R)
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