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    Habakkuk Waits for God’s Response
    1I will stand at my guard post
    and station myself on the lookout tower.2:1 1Ch 9:27; 2Ch 8:14; Is 21:6–9
    I will watch to see what he will say to me2:1 Ps 85:8
    and what I should2:1 Syr reads what he will reply about my complaint.
    God’s Second Answer
    2The Lord answered me:
    Write down this vision;2:2 1Sm 3:1; Ps 89:19; Pr 29:18; Is 1:1
    clearly inscribe it on tablets
    so one may easily read it.2:2 Lit one who reads in it may run
    3For the vision is yet for the appointed time;2:3 Gn 18:14; 21:2; 2Kg 4:16–17; Dn 8:19; 11:27,29,35
    it testifies about the end and will not lie.
    Though it delays, wait for it,
    since it will certainly come and not be late.2:3 Dn 10:1,14; 11:35; Heb 10:36–37; 2Pt 3:9; Rv 22:10
    4Look, his ego is inflated;2:4 Hb obscure
    he is without integrity.
    But the righteous one will live by his faith.2:4 Or faithfulness2:4 Rm 1:17; Gl 3:11
    5Moreover, wine2:5 DSS read wealth betrays;
    an arrogant man is never at rest.2:5 Or man does not endure; Hb obscure
    He enlarges his appetite like Sheol,
    and like Death he is never satisfied.2:5 Pr 27:20; 30:15–16; Is 5:14
    He gathers all the nations to himself;2:5 Is 13:4; 43:9; 66:18; Jr 3:17; Hs 10:10; Jl 3:2,11; Zph 3:8; Zch 12:3; 14:2; Mt 25:32
    he collects all the peoples for himself.
    The Five Woe Oracles
    6Won’t all of these take up a taunt against him,2:6 Is 14:4; Mc 2:4
    with mockery and riddles about him?
    They will say,
    “Woe to him who amasses what is not his —
    how much longer?2:6 1Kg 18:21; Ps 82:2; Pr 1:22; Jr 4:14,21; 23:26; 31:22; Hs 8:5 —
    and loads himself with goods taken in pledge.”2:6 Dt 24:10–13
    7Won’t your creditors suddenly arise,
    and those who disturb you wake up?
    Then you will become spoil for them.2:7 2Kg 21:14; Is 42:22,24; Jr 49:32
    8Since you have plundered many nations,2:8 Is 10:13; Ezk 36:4
    all the peoples who remain will plunder you2:8 Zph 3:8 —
    because of human bloodshed
    and violence2:8 Jr 6:7; Ezk 7:11,23; 8:17; 12:19; 45:9; Mc 6:12; Hab 1:2–3,9; 2:17 against lands, cities,
    and all who live in them.2:8 Is 33:1; Jr 25:12,14; Hab 2:17; Rv 13:10

    9Woe to him who dishonestly makes
    wealth for his house2:9 Or dynasty2:9 Pr 1:9; 15:27; Jr 6:13; 8:10; Ezk 22:27
    to place his nest on high,
    to escape the grasp of disaster!2:9 Pr 11:28; Jr 22:13; 49:16; Ob 4; Rv 18:7
    10You have planned shame for your house
    by wiping out many peoples
    and sinning against your own self.
    11For the stones will cry out2:11 Lk 19:40 from the wall,
    and the rafters will answer them
    from the woodwork.

    12Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed
    and founds a town with injustice!2:12 Ezk 22:2–3; Mc 3:10
    13Is it not from the Lord of Armies
    that the peoples labor only to fuel the fire
    and countries exhaust themselves for nothing?2:13 Jr 51:58
    14For the earth will be filled
    with the knowledge of the Lord’s glory,
    as the water covers the sea.2:14 Nm 14:21; Ps 33:5; 72:19; 119:64; Is 6:3; 11:9; Jr 23:24

    15Woe to him who gives his neighbors drink,
    pouring out your wrath2:15 Or venom
    and even making them drunk,
    in order to look at their nakedness!
    16You will be filled with disgrace instead of glory.
    You also — drink,
    and expose your uncircumcision!2:16 DSS, LXX, Aq, Syr, Vg read and stagger
    The cup in the Lord’s right hand
    will come around to you,
    and utter disgrace will cover your glory.2:15–16 Rv 14:8–10
    17For your violence against Lebanon
    will overwhelm you;
    the destruction of animals will terrify you2:17 DSS, LXX, Aq, Syr, Tg, Vg; MT reads them
    because of your human bloodshed and violence
    against lands, cities, and all who live in them.

    18What use is a carved idol
    after its craftsman carves it?
    It is only a cast image, a teacher of lies.
    For the one who crafts its shape trusts in it
    and makes worthless idols that cannot speak.
    19Woe to him who says to wood: Wake up!
    or to mute stone: Come alive!
    Can it teach?
    Look! It may be plated with gold and silver,
    yet there is no breath2:19 Ex 32:4; Dt 27:15; Jdg 17:4; Is 30:22; 40:18–20; 44:9–20; Jr 10:14 in it at all.

    20But the Lord is in his holy temple;2:20 Ps 11:4
    let the whole earth
    be silent in his presence.2:20 Zph 1:7; Zch 2:13

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