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Habakkuk 2 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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God Answers the Prophet

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:1 -

I will stand at my guard post

And station myself on the watchtower;

And I will keep watch to see what He will say to me,

And how I may reply [fn]when I am reprimanded.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:2 -

Then the LORD answered me and said,

“Write down the vision

And inscribe it clearly on tablets,

So that one who [fn]reads it may run.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:3 -

“For the vision is yet for the appointed time;

It [fn]hurries toward the goal and it will not [fn]fail.

Though it delays, wait for it;

For it will certainly come, it will not delay long.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:4 -

“Behold, as for the impudent one,

His soul is not right within him;

But the righteous one will live by his [fn]faith.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:5 -

“Furthermore, wine betrays an arrogant man,

So that he does not achieve his objective.

He enlarges his appetite like Sheol,

And he is like death, never satisfied.

He also gathers to himself all the nations

And collects to himself all the peoples.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:6 -

“Will all of these not take up a song of ridicule against him,

Even a saying and insinuations against him

And say, ‘Woe to him who increases what is not his—

For how long

And makes himself [fn]rich with debts!’

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:7 -

“Will [fn]your creditors not rise up suddenly,

And those who [fn]collect from you awaken?

Indeed, you will become plunder for them.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:8 -

“Since you have looted many nations,

All the rest of the peoples will loot you—

Because of human bloodshed and violence [fn]done to the land,

To the town and all its inhabitants.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:9 -

“Woe to him who makes evil profit for his household,

To put his nest on high,

To be saved from the hand of catastrophe!

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:10 -

“You have planned a shameful thing for your house

By bringing many peoples to an end;

So you are sinning against yourself.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:11 -

“For the stone will cry out from the wall,

And the rafter will answer it from the [fn]framework.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:12 -

“Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed,

And founds a town with [fn]violence!

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:13 -

“Is it not indeed from the LORD of armies

That peoples labor merely for fire,

And nations become weary for nothing?

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:14 -

“For the earth will be filled

With the knowledge of the glory of the LORD,

As the waters cover the sea.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:15 -

“Woe to him who makes his neighbor drink;

[fn]To you who mix in your venom even to make your neighbors drunk,

So as to look at their genitalia!

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:16 -

“You will be filled with disgrace rather than honor.

Drink, you yourself, and [fn]expose your own foreskin!

The cup in the LORD’S right hand will come around to you,

And utter disgrace will come upon your glory.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:17 -

“For the violence [fn]done to Lebanon will [fn]overwhelm you,

And the devastation of its animals [fn]by which you terrified them,

Because of human bloodshed and violence [fn]done to the land,

To the town and all its inhabitants.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:18 -

“What benefit is a carved image when its maker has carved it,

Or a cast metal image, a teacher of falsehood?

For its maker trusts in his own handiwork

When he fashions speechless idols.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:19 -

“Woe to him who says to a piece of wood, ‘Awake!’

To a mute stone, ‘Arise!’

That is your teacher?

Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,

Yet there is no breath at all inside it.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:20 -

“But the LORD is in His holy temple.

[fn]Let all the earth be silent before Him.”

NASB20 Footnotes
Lit upon my reprimand
Or is to proclaim; or reads it may read it fluently
Lit pants
Or lie
Or faithfulness
Lit heavy
Lit those who bite you
Lit violently shake you
Lit of the land
Lit wood
Lit injustice
Another reading is From the cup of your venom
Lit show yourself uncircumcised; DSS and ancient versions stagger
Lit of Lebanon
Lit cover
Lit which shattered them
Lit of the land
Lit Hush before Him, all the earth
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