Hab 2 | NASB1995 | STEP | I will stand on my guard post And station myself on the rampart ; And I will keep watch to see what He will speak to me, And how I may reply when I am reproved .

Habakkuk 2

God Answers the Prophet

1 I will ^astand on my guard post
And station myself on the rampart;
And I will ^bkeep watch to see ^cwhat He will speak to me,
And how I may reply ^{▼▼ Lit upon my reproof}when I am reproved.
2 Then the Lord answered me and said,
^e“Record the vision
And inscribe it on tablets,
That ^{▼▼ Or one may read it fluently}the one who ^{▼▼ Or is to proclaim it}reads it may run.
3 “For the vision is yet for the ^happointed time;
It ^{▼▼ Lit pants}hastens toward the goal and it will not ^{▼▼ Or lie}fail.
Though it tarries, ^kwait for it;
For it will certainly come, it ^lwill not delay.

4 “Behold, as for the ^mproud one,
His soul is not right within him;
But the ⁿrighteous will live by his ^{▼▼ Or faithfulness}faith.
5 “Furthermore, ^pwine betrays the ^qhaughty man,
So that he does not ^rstay at home.
He ^senlarges his appetite like Sheol,
And he is like death, never satisfied.
He also gathers to himself all nations
And collects to himself all peoples.

6 “Will not all of these ^ttake up a taunt-song against him,
Even mockery and insinuations against him
And say, ‘ ^uWoe to him who increases what is not his—
For how long—
And makes himself ^{▼▼ Lit heavy}rich with loans?’
7 “Will not ^{▼▼ Lit those who bite you}your creditors ^xrise up suddenly,
And those who ^{▼▼ Lit violently shake you}collect from you awaken?
Indeed, you will become plunder for them.
8 “Because you have ^zlooted many nations,
All the remainder of the peoples will loot you—
Because of human bloodshed and violence ^{▼▼ Lit of the land}done to the land,
To the town and all its inhabitants.

9 “Woe to him who gets ^abevil gain for his house
To ^acput his nest on high,
To be delivered from the hand of calamity!
10 “You have devised a ^adshameful thing for your house
By cutting off many peoples;
So you are ^aesinning against yourself.
11 “Surely the ^afstone will cry out from the wall,
And the rafter will answer it from the ^{▼▼ Lit wood}framework.

12 “Woe to him who ^ahbuilds a city with bloodshed
And founds a town with ^{▼▼ Or injustice}violence!
13 “Is it not indeed from the Lord of hosts
That peoples ^ajtoil for fire,
And nations grow weary for nothing?
14 “For the earth will be ^akfilled
With the knowledge of the glory of the Lord,
As the waters cover the sea.

15 “Woe to you who make ^{▼▼ Lit his neighbor}your neighbors drink,
Who mix in your venom even to make them drunk
So as to look on their nakedness!
16 “You will be filled with disgrace rather than honor.
Now you yourself ^amdrink and ^{▼▼ Lit show yourself uncircumcised; or stagger; so DSS and ancient versions}expose your own nakedness.
The ^aocup in the Lord’s right hand will come around to you,
And ^aputter disgrace will come upon your glory.
17 “For the ^aqviolence ^{▼▼ Lit of Lebanon}done to Lebanon will ^{▼▼ Lit cover}overwhelm you,
And the devastation of its beasts ^{▼▼ Lit which terrified them}by which you terrified them,
^auBecause of human bloodshed and ^avviolence ^{▼▼ Lit of the land}done to the land,
To the town and all its inhabitants.

18 “What ^axprofit is the ^{▼▼ Or a graven image}idol when its maker has carved it,
Or ^{▼▼ Lit a cast metal image}an image, a ^bateacher of falsehood?
For its maker ^bbtrusts in his own handiwork
When he fashions speechless idols.
19 “Woe to him who ^bcsays to a piece of wood, ‘ ^bdAwake!’
To a mute stone, ‘Arise!’
And that is your teacher?
Behold, it is overlaid with ^begold and silver,
And there is ^bfno breath at all inside it.
20 “But the ^bgLord is in His holy temple.
^{▼▼ Lit Hush before Him, all the earth}Let all the earth ^bibe silent before Him.”