Habakkuk 2
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I will a stand my watch
And set myself on the rampart,
And watch to see what He will say to me,
And what I will answer when I am corrected.
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Then the LORD answered me and said:
b "Write the vision
And make it plain on tablets,
That he may run who reads it.
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For c the vision is yet for an appointed time;
But at the end it will speak, and it will d not lie.
Though it tarries, e wait for it;
Because it will f surely come,
It will not tarry.
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"Behold the proud,
His soul is not upright in him;
But the g just shall live by his faith.
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"Indeed, because he transgresses by wine,
He is a proud man,
And he does not stay at home.
Because he h enlarges his desire as hell,
And he is like death, and cannot be satisfied,
He gathers to himself all nations
And heaps up for himself all peoples.
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"Will not all these i take up a proverb against him,
And a taunting riddle against him, and say,
'Woe to him who increases
What is not his - how long?
And to him who loads himself with many pledges'?
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Will not your creditors rise up suddenly?
Will they not awaken who oppress you?
And you will become their booty.
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j Because you have plundered many nations,
All the remnant of the people shall plunder you,
Because of men's blood
And the violence of the land and the city,
And of all who dwell in it.
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"Woe to him who covets evil gain for his house,
That he may k set his nest on high,
That he may be delivered from the power of disaster!
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You give shameful counsel to your house,
Cutting off many peoples,
And sin against your soul.
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For the stone will cry out from the wall,
And the beam from the timbers will answer it.
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"Woe to him who builds a town with bloodshed,
Who establishes a city by iniquity!
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Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts
That the peoples labor to feed the fire,
And nations weary themselves in vain?
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For the earth will be filled
With the knowledge of the glory of the LORD,
As the waters cover the sea.
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"Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbor,
Pressing him to your l bottle,
Even to make him drunk,
That you may look on his nakedness!
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You are filled with shame instead of glory.
You also - drink!
And be exposed as uncircumcised!
The cup of the LORD's right hand will be turned against you,
And utter shame will be on your glory.
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For the violence done to Lebanon will cover you,
And the plunder of beasts which made them afraid,
Because of men's blood
And the violence of the land and the city,
And of all who dwell in it.
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"What profit is the image, that its maker should carve it,
The molded image, a teacher of lies,
That the maker of its mold should trust in it,
To make mute idols?
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Woe to him who says to wood, 'Awake!'
To silent stone, 'Arise! It shall teach!'
Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
Yet in it there is no breath at all.
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"But m the LORD is in His holy temple.
Let all the earth keep silence before Him."
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Cross References
Isaiah 21:8
Then he cried, "A lion, my Lord! I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime; I have sat at my post every night.
Isaiah 21:11
The burden against Dumah. He calls to me out of Seir, "Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
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Cross References
Isaiah 8:1
Moreover the LORD said to me, "Take a large scroll, and write on it with a man's pen concerning MaherShal'al-Hash-Baz.
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Cross References
Daniel 8:17
So he came near where I stood, and when he came I was afraid and fell on my face; but he said to me, "Understand, son of man, that the vision refers to the time of the end.
Daniel 8:19
And he said, "Look, I am making known to you what shall happen in the latter time of the indignation; for at the appointed time the end shall be.
Daniel 10:14
"Now I have come to make you understand what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision refers to many days yet to come."
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Cross References
Ezekiel 12:24
For no more shall there be any false vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel.
Ezekiel 12:25
"For I am the LORD. I speak, and the word which I speak will come to pass; it will no more be postponed; for in your days, O rebellious house, I will say the word and perform it," says the Lord GOD.'"
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Cross References
Hebrews 10:37
For yet a little while, And He who is coming will come and will not tarry.
Hebrews 10:38
Now the just shall live by faith; But if anyone draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him.
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Cross References
Psalms 27:13
I would have lost heart, unless I had believed That I would see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living.
Psalms 27:14
Wait on the LORD; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the LORD!
James 5:7
Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it until it receives the early and latter rain.
James 5:8
You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.
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Cross References
John 3:36
"He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."
Romans 1:17
For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "The just shall live by faith.
Hebrews 10:38
Now the just shall live by faith; But if anyone draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him.
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Cross References
Proverbs 27:20
Hell and Destruction are never full; So the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Proverbs 30:16
The grave, The barren womb, The earth that is not satisfied with water - And the fire never says, "Enough!
Isaiah 5:11 - 15
Woe to those who rise early in the morning, That they may follow intoxicating drink; Who continue until night, till wine inflames them!
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Cross References
Micah 2:4
In that day one shall take up a proverb against you, And lament with a bitter lamentation, saying: 'We are utterly destroyed! He has changed the heritage of my people; How He has removed it from me! To a turncoat He has divided our fields.'
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Cross References
Isaiah 33:1
Woe to you who plunder, though you have not been plundered; And you who deal treacherously, though they have not dealt treacherously with you! When you cease plundering, You will be plundered; When you make an end of dealing treacherously, They will deal treacherously with you.
Jeremiah 27:7
So all nations shall serve him and his son and his son's son, until the time of his land comes; and then many nations and great kings shall make him serve them.
Ezekiel 39:10
They will not take wood from the field nor cut down any from the forests, because they will make fires with the weapons; and they will plunder those who plundered them, and pillage those who pillaged them," says the Lord GOD.
Zechariah 2:8
For thus says the LORD of hosts: "He sent Me after glory, to the nations which plunder you; for he who touches you touches the apple of His eye.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 49:16
Your fierceness has deceived you, The pride of your heart, O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, Who hold the height of the hill! Though you make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there," says the LORD.
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Cross References
Hosea 7:5
In the day of our king Princes have made him sick, inflamed with wine; He stretched out his hand with scoffers.
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Cross References
Zephaniah 1:7
Be silent in the presence of the Lord GOD; For the day of the LORD is at hand, For the LORD has prepared a sacrifice; He has invited His guests.
Zechariah 2:13
"Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD, for He is aroused from His holy habitation!"
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