Hab 2:1-9 | ESV | STEP | I will take my stand at my watchpost and station myself on the tower , and look out to see what he will say to me, and what I will answer concerning my complaint .

x[See ver. 6 above]

Habakkuk 2:1-9

1 I will ^atake my stand at my watchpost
and station myself on the tower,
and ^blook out to see ^cwhat he will say to me,
and what I will answer concerning my complaint.

The Righteous Shall Live by His Faith

2 And the Lord answered me:

^d“Write the vision;
make it plain on tablets,
so he may run who reads it.
3 For still ^ethe vision awaits its appointed time;
it hastens to the end—it will not lie.
If it seems slow, ^fwait for it;
^git will surely come; it will not delay.
4 “Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him,
but ^hthe righteous shall live by his faith. ^{▼▼Or faithfulness}
5 “Moreover, wine ^{▼▼Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll wealth} is ^ka traitor,
an arrogant man who is never at rest. ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew of these two lines is uncertain}
His greed is as wide as Sheol;
like death ^mhe has never enough.
ⁿHe gathers for himself all nations
and collects as his own all peoples.”

Woe to the Chaldeans

6 Shall not all these ^otake up their taunt against him, with scoffing and riddles for him, and say,

^p“Woe to him ^qwho heaps up what is not his own—
for ^rhow long?—
and ^sloads himself with pledges!”
7 ^tWill not your debtors suddenly arise,
and those awake who will make you tremble?
Then you will be spoil for them.
8 ^uBecause you have plundered many nations,
all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder you,
^vfor the blood of man and ^wviolence to the earth,
to cities and all who dwell in them.
9 ^x“Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house,
^yto ^zset his nest on high,
to be safe from the reach of harm!