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Habakkuk 2:2-8
English Standard Version
Habakkuk 2:2-8
English Standard Version
The Righteous Shall Live by His Faith
2 And the Lord answered me:
(A)“Write the vision;
make it plain on tablets,
so he may run who reads it.
3 For still (B)the vision awaits its appointed time;
it hastens to the end—it will not lie.
If it seems slow, (C)wait for it;
(D)it will surely come; it will not delay.
4 “Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him,
but (E)the righteous shall live by his faith.[a]
5 “Moreover, wine[b] is (F)a traitor,
an arrogant man who is never at rest.[c]
His greed is as wide as Sheol;
like death (G)he has never enough.
(H)He gathers for himself all nations
and collects as his own all peoples.”
Woe to the Chaldeans
6 Shall not all these (I)take up their taunt against him, with scoffing and riddles for him, and say,
(J)“Woe to him (K)who heaps up what is not his own—
for (L)how long?—
and (M)loads himself with pledges!”
7 (N)Will not your debtors suddenly arise,
and those awake who will make you tremble?
Then you will be spoil for them.
8 (O)Because you have plundered many nations,
all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder you,
(P)for the blood of man and (Q)violence to the earth,
to cities and all who dwell in them.
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 2:4 Or faithfulness
- Habakkuk 2:5 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll wealth
- Habakkuk 2:5 The meaning of the Hebrew of these two lines is uncertain
Habakkuk 2:2-8
New International Version
Habakkuk 2:2-8
New International Version
The Lord’s Answer
2 Then the Lord replied:
“Write(A) down the revelation
and make it plain on tablets
so that a herald[a] may run with it.
3 For the revelation awaits an appointed time;(B)
it speaks of the end(C)
and will not prove false.
Though it linger, wait(D) for it;
it[b] will certainly come
and will not delay.(E)
4 “See, the enemy is puffed up;
his desires are not upright—
but the righteous person(F) will live by his faithfulness[c](G)—
5 indeed, wine(H) betrays him;
he is arrogant(I) and never at rest.
Because he is as greedy as the grave
and like death is never satisfied,(J)
he gathers to himself all the nations
and takes captive(K) all the peoples.
6 “Will not all of them taunt(L) him with ridicule and scorn, saying,
“‘Woe to him who piles up stolen goods
and makes himself wealthy by extortion!(M)
How long must this go on?’
7 Will not your creditors suddenly arise?
Will they not wake up and make you tremble?
Then you will become their prey.(N)
8 Because you have plundered many nations,
the peoples who are left will plunder you.(O)
For you have shed human blood;(P)
you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.(Q)
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 2:2 Or so that whoever reads it
- Habakkuk 2:3 Or Though he linger, wait for him; / he
- Habakkuk 2:4 Or faith
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