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Habakkuk 2

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 2 of 3

1 I will stand on my guard and set myself on the siege-works, and watch to see what He will say against me, and what I shall return on my rebuke.

2 And Jehovah answered me and said, Write the vision and engrave it on the tablets, that he who reads it may run.

3 For the vision is still for the appointed time, but it breathes to the end, and it does not lie. Though it delays, wait for it, because coming it will come; it will not tarry.

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Chapter Summary

To Habakkuk, waiting for an answer, is shown that he must wait by faith.

Key Hebrew Words

חָזוֹן vision H2377 · TWOT 633a
אֱמוּנָה faith, faithfulness H530 · TWOT 116e
צַדִּיק just one H6662 · TWOT 1879c
הוֹי woe H1945 · TWOT 485
פֶּ֫סֶל carved idol H6459 · TWOT 1788a
כָּבוֹד glory H3519 · TWOT 943e

Cross-References

People & Context

Habakkuk

The prophet who stands on his guard post to await Jehovah's reply and is told to write the vision.

Jehovah

Answers the prophet, commands the vision be written, declares the just shall live by faith, and reigns in His holy temple.

Timeline

Standing Guard and Writing the Vision

Habakkuk stands on his guard at the siege-works to await God's response, and God instructs him to clearly engrave the vision of the appointed time on tablets.

Habakkuk 2:1-3
The Just Shall Live by Faith

God contrasts the puffed up, proud soul with the just, declaring that the just shall live by his faith.

Habakkuk 2:4
Woe to the Plunderer

The nations take up a mocking riddle against the proud oppressor, declaring woe upon him who increases what is not his and plunders many nations.

Habakkuk 2:5-8

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