Book of Habakkuk, Chapter 2
Chapter 2 of Habakkuk
and station myself on the tower,
and look forth to see what he will say to me,
and what I will answer concerning my complaint.
“Write the vision;
make it plain upon tablets,
so he may run who reads it.
it hastens to the end—it will not lie.
If it seem slow, wait for it;
it will surely come, it will not delay.
but the righteous shall live by his faith.[b]
the arrogant man shall not abide.[c]
His greed is as wide as Sheol;
like death he has never enough.
He gathers for himself all nations,
and collects as his own all peoples.”
¶ “Woe to him who heaps up what is not his own—
for how long?—
and loads himself with pledges!”
and those awake who will make you tremble?
Then you will be booty for them.
all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder you,
for the blood of men and violence to the earth,
to cities and all who dwell therein.
to set his nest on high,
to be safe from the reach of harm!
by cutting off many peoples;
you have forfeited your life.
and the beam from the woodwork respond.
and founds a city on iniquity!
that peoples labor only for fire,
and nations weary themselves for nought?
with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD,
as the waters cover the sea.
of the cup of his wrath,[d] and makes them drunk,
to gaze on their shame!
Drink, yourself, and stagger![e]
The cup in the LORD’S right hand
will come around to you,
and shame will come upon your glory!
the destruction of the beasts will terrify you,[f]
for the blood of men and violence to the earth,
to cities and all who dwell therein.
when its maker has shaped it,
a metal image, a teacher of lies?
For the workman trusts in his own creation
when he makes dumb idols!
to a dumb stone, Arise!
Can this give revelation?
Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
and there is no breath at all in it.
let all the earth keep silence before him.FOOTNOTES
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