God’s Second Answer

The Lord answered me:

Write down this vision;(A)
clearly inscribe it on tablets
so one may easily read it.[a]
For 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.(B)
Look, his ego is inflated;[b]
he is without integrity.
But the righteous one will live by his faith.[c](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:2 Lit one who reads in it may run
  2. Habakkuk 2:4 Hb obscure
  3. Habakkuk 2:4 Or faithfulness

Then Yahweh answered me and said,
“Write the vision and make it plain on the tablet
    so that it might be read quickly.[a]
For there is yet a vision for the appointed time;
    it will give witness to the end, and it will not lie.
If it tarries, wait for it,
    for it will surely come and not delay.
Look! His spirit within him is puffed up;
    it is not upright.
    But the righteous shall live by his faithfulness.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:2 Literally “it might run reading upon it”