Habakkuk 2:1-4

Holman 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

²The Lord answered me:

Write down this vision;^(C)
clearly inscribe it on tablets
so one may easily read it.^[b]
³For the vision is yet for the appointed time;
it testifies about the end and will not lie.
Though it delays, wait for it,
since it will certainly come and not be late.^(D)
⁴Look, his ego is inflated;^[c]
he is without integrity.
But the righteous one will live by his faith.^[d]^(E)