Hab 2 | ABEn | STEP | Upon my watch I will stand, and I will mount upon a rock. And I will watch over to behold what he should speak in me, and what I will answer upon my being reproved.

Habakkuk 2

CHAPTER 2 The Just Shall Live by My Belief

1 Upon my watch I will stand, and I will mount upon a rock. And I will watch over to behold what he should speak in me, and what I will answer upon my being reproved. 2 And [²answered ³to ⁴me ¹the lord] and said, Write the vision clearly onto a writing-tablet, so that [⁴should take flight ¹the one ²reading ³these things]. 3 For the vision is yet for a time, and it shall rise in the end, and not in vain. If he should lack, wait for him! for in coming he shall come and in no way should he delay. 4 If he keeps back, [²favors not ¹my soul] in him; but the just one [²by ³my belief ¹shall live].

Woe to the Wicked

5 But the one being arrogant and despising, [²man ¹the ostentatious], not one thing in any way should he have achieved, who widened [²as ³Hades ¹his soul], and so as death not being filled up, even he shall assemble unto himself all the nations, and will take in to himself all the peoples. 6 [²not ⁴these ³all ⁶a parable ⁷against ⁸him ¹Shall ⁵take up], and a riddle for his narrative? And they shall say, Woe, the one multiplying to himself the things not being his -- how long? even the one oppressing his collar densely. 7 For suddenly [³shall raise up ¹ones biting ²him], and [³shall sober up ¹the ²plotters against you], and you will be for ravaging to them. 8 Because you despoiled [²nations ¹many], [⁵shall despoil ⁶you ¹all ²the ⁴being left ³peoples], because of the blood of men, and the impious deeds of the land and city, and all of the ones dwelling in it. 9 O, the one overabounding in a desire for [²wealth ¹evil] to his house, to arrange [²in ³the height ¹his nest], to pull out from the hand of evils. 10 You deliberated shame to your house; you finished off many peoples, and [²was led into sin ¹your soul]. 11 For the stone [²from ³the wall ¹shall yell out]; and the beetle from out of the wood shall utter its sounds. 12 Woe, the one building a city in blood, and prepares a city by iniquities. 13 [²these not ¹Are] from the lord almighty that [³failed ²peoples ¹fit] by fire, and [²nations ¹many], and they became faint-hearted? 14 For [³shall be filled ¹the ²earth] to know the glory of the lord, as water covers up seas. 15 O, the one giving a drink to his neighbor [⁴diet of lees ¹a clouded ²and ³intoxicating], so that he should look upon their private parts. 16 [²to the fullness ³of the dishonor ⁴of ⁵your glory ¹Drink], and be excited! [⁴encircled ⁵you ¹The cup ²of the right hand ³of the lord], and [²was brought ¹dishonor] upon your glory. 17 For the impiety of Lebanon shall cover you, and the misery from wild beasts shall terrify you, because of the blood of men, and the impious deeds of the land, and of the city, and of all the ones dwelling it. 18 What benefit is the carved image that they carved it? He shaped it for a molten casting, [²visible display ¹a false]. For [³has relied ¹the one ²shaping] upon the thing shaped by him in the making of [²idols ¹mute]. 19 Woe, the one saying to the wood, Sober up, arise! And to the stone, Be exalted! But it is only a visible display, and it is a hammered piece of gold and silver, and [²at all ¹no breath] is in it. 20 But the lord is in [²temple ¹his holy]; let [⁴venerate ⁵from ⁶before ⁷him ¹all ²the ³earth]!