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Habakkuk 2:11-3:19
New King James Version
Habakkuk 2:11-3:19
New King James Version
11 For the stone will cry out from the wall,
And the beam from the timbers will answer it.
12 “Woe to him who builds a town with bloodshed,
Who establishes a city by iniquity!
13 Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts
That the peoples labor [a]to feed the fire,
And nations weary themselves in vain?
14 For the earth will be filled
With the knowledge of the glory of the Lord,
As the waters cover the sea.
15 “Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbor,
[b]Pressing him to your (A)bottle,
Even to make him drunk,
That you may look on [c]his nakedness!
16 You are filled with shame instead of glory.
You also—drink!
And [d]be exposed as uncircumcised!
The cup of the Lord’s right hand will be turned against you,
And utter shame will be on your glory.
17 For the violence done to Lebanon will cover you,
And the plunder of beasts which made them afraid,
Because of men’s blood
And the violence of the land and the city,
And of all who dwell in it.
18 “What profit is the image, that its maker should carve it,
The molded image, a teacher of lies,
That the maker of its mold should trust in it,
To make mute idols?
19 Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’
To silent stone, ‘Arise! It shall teach!’
Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
Yet in it there is no breath at all.
20 “But(B) the Lord is in His holy temple.
Let all the earth keep silence before Him.”
The Prophet’s Prayer
3 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, on [e]Shigionoth.
2 O Lord, I have heard Your speech and was afraid;
O Lord, revive Your work in the midst of the years!
In the midst of the years make it known;
In wrath remember mercy.
3 God came from Teman,
The Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah
His glory covered the heavens,
And the earth was full of His praise.
4 His brightness was like the light;
He had rays flashing from His hand,
And there His power was hidden.
5 Before Him went pestilence,
And fever followed at His feet.
6 He stood and measured the earth;
He looked and startled the nations.
(C)And the everlasting mountains were scattered,
The perpetual hills bowed.
His ways are everlasting.
7 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction;
The curtains of the land of Midian trembled.
8 O Lord, were You displeased with the rivers,
Was Your anger against the rivers,
Was Your wrath against the sea,
That You rode on Your horses,
Your chariots of salvation?
9 Your bow was made quite ready;
Oaths were sworn over Your [f]arrows. Selah
You divided the earth with rivers.
10 The mountains saw You and trembled;
The overflowing of the water passed by.
The deep uttered its voice,
And (D)lifted its hands on high.
11 The (E)sun and moon stood still in their habitation;
At the light of Your arrows they went,
At the shining of Your glittering spear.
12 You marched through the land in indignation;
You [g]trampled the nations in anger.
13 You went forth for the salvation of Your people,
For salvation with Your Anointed.
You struck the head from the house of the wicked,
By laying bare from foundation to neck. Selah
14 You thrust through with his own arrows
The head of his villages.
They came out like a whirlwind to scatter me;
Their rejoicing was like feasting on the poor in secret.
15 (F)You walked through the sea with Your horses,
Through the heap of great waters.
16 When I heard, (G)my body trembled;
My lips quivered at the voice;
Rottenness entered my bones;
And I trembled in myself,
That I might rest in the day of trouble.
When he comes up to the people,
He will invade them with his troops.
A Hymn of Faith
17 Though the fig tree may not blossom,
Nor fruit be on the vines;
Though the labor of the olive may fail,
And the fields yield no food;
Though the flock may be cut off from the fold,
And there be no herd in the stalls—
18 Yet I will (H)rejoice in the Lord,
I will joy in the God of my salvation.
19 [h]The Lord God is my strength;
He will make my feet like (I)deer’s feet,
And He will make me (J)walk on my high hills.
To the Chief Musician. With my stringed instruments.
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 2:13 Lit. for what satisfies fire, for what is of no lasting value
- Habakkuk 2:15 Lit. Attaching or Joining
- Habakkuk 2:15 Lit. their
- Habakkuk 2:16 DSS, LXX reel!; Syr., Vg. fall fast asleep!
- Habakkuk 3:1 Exact meaning unknown
- Habakkuk 3:9 Lit. tribes or rods, cf. v. 14
- Habakkuk 3:12 Or threshed
- Habakkuk 3:19 Heb. YHWH Adonai
Habakkuk 2:11-3:19
New International Version
Habakkuk 2:11-3:19
New International Version
11 The stones(A) of the wall will cry out,
and the beams of the woodwork will echo it.
12 “Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed(B)
and establishes a town by injustice!
13 Has not the Lord Almighty determined
that the people’s labor is only fuel for the fire,(C)
that the nations exhaust themselves for nothing?(D)
14 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory(E) of the Lord
as the waters cover the sea.(F)
15 “Woe to him who gives drink(G) to his neighbors,
pouring it from the wineskin till they are drunk,
so that he can gaze on their naked bodies!
16 You will be filled with shame(H) instead of glory.(I)
Now it is your turn! Drink(J) and let your nakedness be exposed[a]!(K)
The cup(L) from the Lord’s right hand is coming around to you,
and disgrace will cover your glory.
17 The violence(M) you have done to Lebanon will overwhelm you,
and your destruction of animals will terrify you.(N)
For you have shed human blood;(O)
you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.
18 “Of what value(P) is an idol(Q) carved by a craftsman?
Or an image(R) that teaches lies?
For the one who makes it trusts in his own creation;
he makes idols that cannot speak.(S)
19 Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Come to life!’
Or to lifeless stone, ‘Wake up!’(T)
Can it give guidance?
It is covered with gold and silver;(U)
there is no breath in it.”(V)
Habakkuk’s Prayer
3 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet. On shigionoth.[b](Y)
2 Lord, I have heard(Z) of your fame;
I stand in awe(AA) of your deeds, Lord.(AB)
Repeat(AC) them in our day,
in our time make them known;
in wrath remember mercy.(AD)
3 God came from Teman,(AE)
the Holy One(AF) from Mount Paran.[c](AG)
His glory covered the heavens(AH)
and his praise filled the earth.(AI)
4 His splendor was like the sunrise;(AJ)
rays flashed from his hand,
where his power(AK) was hidden.
5 Plague(AL) went before him;
pestilence followed his steps.
6 He stood, and shook the earth;
he looked, and made the nations tremble.
The ancient mountains crumbled(AM)
and the age-old hills(AN) collapsed(AO)—
but he marches on forever.(AP)
7 I saw the tents of Cushan in distress,
the dwellings of Midian(AQ) in anguish.(AR)
8 Were you angry with the rivers,(AS) Lord?
Was your wrath against the streams?
Did you rage against the sea(AT)
when you rode your horses
and your chariots to victory?(AU)
9 You uncovered your bow,
you called for many arrows.(AV)
You split the earth with rivers;
10 the mountains saw you and writhed.(AW)
Torrents of water swept by;
the deep roared(AX)
and lifted its waves(AY) on high.
11 Sun and moon stood still(AZ) in the heavens
at the glint of your flying arrows,(BA)
at the lightning(BB) of your flashing spear.
12 In wrath you strode through the earth
and in anger you threshed(BC) the nations.
13 You came out(BD) to deliver(BE) your people,
to save your anointed(BF) one.
You crushed(BG) the leader of the land of wickedness,
you stripped him from head to foot.
14 With his own spear you pierced his head
when his warriors stormed out to scatter us,(BH)
gloating as though about to devour
the wretched(BI) who were in hiding.
15 You trampled the sea(BJ) with your horses,
churning the great waters.(BK)
16 I heard and my heart pounded,
my lips quivered at the sound;
decay crept into my bones,
and my legs trembled.(BL)
Yet I will wait patiently(BM) for the day of calamity
to come on the nation invading us.
17 Though the fig tree does not bud
and there are no grapes on the vines,
though the olive crop fails
and the fields produce no food,(BN)
though there are no sheep in the pen
and no cattle in the stalls,(BO)
18 yet I will rejoice in the Lord,(BP)
I will be joyful in God my Savior.(BQ)
19 The Sovereign Lord is my strength;(BR)
he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
he enables me to tread on the heights.(BS)
For the director of music. On my stringed instruments.
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 2:16 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls, Aquila, Vulgate and Syriac (see also Septuagint) and stagger
- Habakkuk 3:1 Probably a literary or musical term
- Habakkuk 3:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the middle of verse 9 and at the end of verse 13.
Habakkuk 2:11-3:19
King James Version
Habakkuk 2:11-3:19
King James Version
11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
12 Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
13 Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?
14 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
15 Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
16 Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the Lord's right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.
17 For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
18 What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
19 Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
20 But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
3 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.
2 O Lord, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.
3 God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.
4 And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.
5 Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.
6 He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.
7 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
8 Was the Lord displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation?
9 Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
10 The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.
11 The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.
12 Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.
13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah.
14 Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.
15 Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters.
16 When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.
17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
18 Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
19 The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.
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