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Habakkuk 2

Habakkuk stands upon his watch to receive the LORD’s answer. The vision is certain even if it seems delayed: the proud soul is not upright, “but the just shall live by his faith.” Five woes then condemn Babylon’s plunder, unjust gain, violence, exploitation, and idolatry. The chapter ends with the LORD in His holy temple and all the earth called to silence before Him.

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Habakkuk stands upon his watch to receive the LORD’s answer. The vision is certain even if it seems delayed: the proud soul is not upright, “but the just shall live by his faith.” Five woes then condemn Babylon’s plunder, unjust gain, violence, exploitation, and idolatry. The chapter ends with the LORD in His holy temple and all the earth called to silence before Him.

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Verses 1–5Habakkuk waits for the answer, and the LORD says the vision is appointed, the proud is not upright, and the just shall live by faithVerses 6–8The first woe condemns plunder, for those who spoiled many nations will themselves be spoiledVerses 9–11The second woe condemns covetous gain and false security that bring shame upon a houseVerses 12–14The third woe condemns building with blood while promising that the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the LORD’s gloryVerses 15–17The fourth woe condemns humiliating others through drunkenness and declares that shame and violence will return on the offenderVerses 18–20The final woe exposes lifeless idols, while the LORD is in his holy temple and all the earth is called to silence before him
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1I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon…2And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision,…3For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but…4Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright…5Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a…6Shall not all these take up a parable against him,…7Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee,…8Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of…9Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his…10Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off…11For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and…12Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and…13Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that…14For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of…15Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest…16Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also,…17For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the…18What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath…19Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to…20But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all…