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Habakkuk Waits for God’s Answer

“I will stand at my guard post
and station myself on a tower.
I will wait and see what the Lord[a] will say about me
    and what I[b] will answer when he reprimands me.[c]

God’s Reply to the Prophet’s Complaint

When he answered, the Lord told me:

“Write out the revelation,
    engraving it clearly on the tablets,
        so that a courier may run with it.[d]
For the revelation pertains to an appointed time—
    it speaks truthfully[e] about the end.
Though it delays, wait for it,
    because it will surely come about—
        it will not be late!

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:1 The Heb. lacks the Lord
  2. Habakkuk 2:1 Syr he
  3. Habakkuk 2:1 Lit. answer at my reprimand
  4. Habakkuk 2:2 Or that whoever reads it may run
  5. Habakkuk 2:3 Lit. speaks without deception

I will stand at my watch(A)
    and station myself on the ramparts;(B)
I will look to see what he will say(C) to me,
    and what answer I am to give to this complaint.[a](D)

The Lord’s Answer

Then the Lord replied:

“Write(E) down the revelation
    and make it plain on tablets
    so that a herald[b] may run with it.
For the revelation awaits an appointed time;(F)
    it speaks of the end(G)
    and will not prove false.
Though it linger, wait(H) for it;
    it[c] will certainly come
    and will not delay.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:1 Or and what to answer when I am rebuked
  2. Habakkuk 2:2 Or so that whoever reads it
  3. Habakkuk 2:3 Or Though he linger, wait for him; / he