Thematic Bible
Habakkuk 2:1 (show verse)
I will stand at my guard post at the tower on the wall. I will watch [and wait] to see what he will say to me and what I will answer when I am reproved.
Habakkuk 2:2 (show verse)
Jehovah answered me: Write the vision. Record it on tablets that he who reads it may run.
Habakkuk 2:3 (show verse)
The vision is yet for the appointed time. It moves quickly to the end. It will not lie! If it delays, wait for it for it will surely come. It will not be late!
Habakkuk 2:4 (show verse)
Behold, he is proud. He is not righteous. The righteous will live by faith.
Character » Of saints » Just
Character of saints » Just
Faith/faithfulness » Who shall live by faith
Justification » Justification by faith
Justification before God » By faith » Revealed under the old dispensation
Pride » Characteristic of » The wicked
Pride/arrogance » Who is proud
Satisfaction » Who shall not be satisfied
Titles and names of saints » Just, the
Uprightness » The wicked » Have not, in heart
Character of saints » Just
Faith/faithfulness » Who shall live by faith
Justification » Justification by faith
Justification before God » By faith » Revealed under the old dispensation
Pride » Characteristic of » The wicked
Pride/arrogance » Who is proud
Satisfaction » Who shall not be satisfied
Titles and names of saints » Just, the
Uprightness » The wicked » Have not, in heart
Habakkuk 2:5 (show verse)
Wine is treacherous and never allows an arrogant man to rest. He never stays home. He has a large appetite like the grave. Like death he is never satisfied. He gathers all nations and collects all the people.
Ambition » Ambition, worldly, examples of » Adonijah
Ambition » Connected with » Pride
Covetousness » Is never satisfied
Desires » Evil
Evil » Results of » Desires
Hell » In the rv of o. T. It appears only in
Home » Heavenly » Keepers at
Home » Admonitions concerning abiding at
Pride » Characteristic of » The wicked
Pride/arrogance » Who is proud
Satisfaction » Who shall not be satisfied
Social duties » Of home-keeping » Admonitions concerning abiding at home
Worldly » Ambition » Adonijah
Ambition » Connected with » Pride
Covetousness » Is never satisfied
Desires » Evil
Evil » Results of » Desires
Hell » In the rv of o. T. It appears only in
Home » Heavenly » Keepers at
Home » Admonitions concerning abiding at
Pride » Characteristic of » The wicked
Pride/arrogance » Who is proud
Satisfaction » Who shall not be satisfied
Social duties » Of home-keeping » Admonitions concerning abiding at home
Worldly » Ambition » Adonijah
Habakkuk 2:6 (show verse)
Will they all taunt him by directing clever sayings and riddles at him? They will say: How horrible it will be for the one who makes himself rich with what is not his own (by extortion) and makes himself wealthy on loans. How long will this go on?
Glory » Whose glory becomes shame
Iniquity » Those that build a city with iniquity
Profit » Those that profit from violence
Riches » Denunciations against those who » Increase, by oppression
Riches » Described as » Thick clay
Selfishness » Different forms of » Total disregard of the rights of others
Shame » Whose glory becomes shame
Social selfishness » Different forms of » Total disregard of the rights of others
Wealth » Those that acquire riches unjustly
Iniquity » Those that build a city with iniquity
Profit » Those that profit from violence
Riches » Denunciations against those who » Increase, by oppression
Riches » Described as » Thick clay
Selfishness » Different forms of » Total disregard of the rights of others
Shame » Whose glory becomes shame
Social selfishness » Different forms of » Total disregard of the rights of others
Wealth » Those that acquire riches unjustly
Habakkuk 2:7 (show verse)
Will your creditors and collection agents suddenly arise and make you tremble? Then you will become their prize.
Habakkuk 2:8 (show verse)
The people who remain will plunder you because you have plundered many nations. It is because of the blood you shed and the violence you brought on the land, the city and all who dwell there.
Ambition » Connected with » Covetousness
Glory » Whose glory becomes shame
Iniquity » Those that build a city with iniquity
Profit » Those that profit from violence
Riches » Denunciations against those who » Increase, by oppression
Shame » Whose glory becomes shame
Wealth » Those that acquire riches unjustly
Glory » Whose glory becomes shame
Iniquity » Those that build a city with iniquity
Profit » Those that profit from violence
Riches » Denunciations against those who » Increase, by oppression
Shame » Whose glory becomes shame
Wealth » Those that acquire riches unjustly
Habakkuk 2:9 (show verse)
He who receives a dishonest profit for his house will have trouble. He may set his nest on high in order to be delivered from the hand of evil!
Habakkuk 2:10 (show verse)
You have purposed a shameful thing for your house. You have sinned against yourself by destroying many people.
Habakkuk 2:11 (show verse)
The stones will cry out from the wall. The beams out of the woodwork will answer it.
Habakkuk 2:12 (show verse)
Woe to him who builds a town with bloodshed and establishes a city with iniquity!
Ambition » Connected with » Cruelty
Blood » Illustrative » (building with,) of oppression and cruelty
Blood » Figurative » Of oppression and cruelty
Cities » Often founded and enlarged by blood and rapine
Glory » Whose glory becomes shame
Iniquity » Those that build a city with iniquity
Profit » Those that profit from violence
Shame » Whose glory becomes shame
Wealth » Those that acquire riches unjustly
Blood » Illustrative » (building with,) of oppression and cruelty
Blood » Figurative » Of oppression and cruelty
Cities » Often founded and enlarged by blood and rapine
Glory » Whose glory becomes shame
Iniquity » Those that build a city with iniquity
Profit » Those that profit from violence
Shame » Whose glory becomes shame
Wealth » Those that acquire riches unjustly
Habakkuk 2:13 (show verse)
Is it for Jehovah of Hosts that the peoples labor for the fire? Do the nations weary themselves for vanity?
Glory » Whose glory becomes shame
Iniquity » Those that build a city with iniquity
Labour » fields of activity » Worldly, sometimes disappointing
Profit » Those that profit from violence
Shame » Whose glory becomes shame
Toil » Worldly, sometimes disappointing
Wealth » Those that acquire riches unjustly
Worldly » Labour » Worldly, sometimes disappointing
Iniquity » Those that build a city with iniquity
Labour » fields of activity » Worldly, sometimes disappointing
Profit » Those that profit from violence
Shame » Whose glory becomes shame
Toil » Worldly, sometimes disappointing
Wealth » Those that acquire riches unjustly
Worldly » Labour » Worldly, sometimes disappointing
Habakkuk 2:14 (show verse)
The earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.
Earth » What is in the earth
the Earth » Shall be filled with the knowledge of God
Glory » Whose glory becomes shame
Glory » Of God » The knowledge of, shall fill the earth
God, Glory of » The knowledge of, shall fill the earth
Iniquity » Those that build a city with iniquity
Profit » Those that profit from violence
the Sea » Illustrative » (covered with waters,) of the diffusion of spiritual knowledge over the earth in the latter days
Shame » Whose glory becomes shame
Water » Illustrative » (covering the sea,) of the general diffusion of the knowledge of God
Wealth » Those that acquire riches unjustly
the Earth » Shall be filled with the knowledge of God
Glory » Whose glory becomes shame
Glory » Of God » The knowledge of, shall fill the earth
God, Glory of » The knowledge of, shall fill the earth
Iniquity » Those that build a city with iniquity
Profit » Those that profit from violence
the Sea » Illustrative » (covered with waters,) of the diffusion of spiritual knowledge over the earth in the latter days
Shame » Whose glory becomes shame
Water » Illustrative » (covering the sea,) of the general diffusion of the knowledge of God
Wealth » Those that acquire riches unjustly
Habakkuk 2:15 (show verse)
Woe to anyone who gives his neighbors drink and empties his bottle. He makes them drunk and then looks on their nakedness.
Bottles » Ancients often drank from
Drunkenness » Figurative
Drunkenness » Those who encourage
Glory » Whose glory becomes shame
Iniquity » Those that build a city with iniquity
Profit » Those that profit from violence
Shame » Whose glory becomes shame
Wealth » Those that acquire riches unjustly
Wine » Was kept in bottles
Drunkenness » Figurative
Drunkenness » Those who encourage
Glory » Whose glory becomes shame
Iniquity » Those that build a city with iniquity
Profit » Those that profit from violence
Shame » Whose glory becomes shame
Wealth » Those that acquire riches unjustly
Wine » Was kept in bottles
Habakkuk 2:16 (show verse)
You are filled with shame and not glory. You drink also as one who is uncircumcised. The cup of Jehovah's right (strong) hand will come around to you. Intense shame will tarnish your glory.
Habakkuk 2:17 (show verse)
The violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you. The destruction of the animals and shedding of blood will frighten you. The violence done to the inhabitants of the land and the city will terrify you.
Habakkuk 2:18 (show verse)
What is an idol worth after the carver is done? It is merely a false god. Why trust a speechless image made by human hands from wood or metal?
Carving » Idols manufactured by
Idol » Manufacture of
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Dumb idols
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Molten images
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Teachers of lies
Idols » Vanity of
Profit » What is not profitable
Trust » Those that trust in idols
Trust » Of the wicked » Is in idols
false Worship » Idols characterized, as » Vanity of
FALSE » Idols characterized, as » Vanity of
Idol » Manufacture of
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Dumb idols
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Molten images
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Teachers of lies
Idols » Vanity of
Profit » What is not profitable
Trust » Those that trust in idols
Trust » Of the wicked » Is in idols
false Worship » Idols characterized, as » Vanity of
FALSE » Idols characterized, as » Vanity of
Habakkuk 2:19 (show verse)
Woe to anyone who says to an idol of wood or stone get up! You can learn nothing from idols covered with silver or gold? They cannot breathe or talk.
Habakkuk 2:20 (show verse)
Jehovah is in his Holy Temple. Let all the earth be silent before him.
Church » Holy temple
God » Remember » Reverence for
Keep silence » In God's house
Reverence » Godly » Awe » For God and sacred things encouraged
Silence » Keep » In God's house
Worship » Divinity of Christ » True attitude in
true and false Worship » Divinity of Christ of heavenly bodies » Of God, universal
God » Remember » Reverence for
Keep silence » In God's house
Reverence » Godly » Awe » For God and sacred things encouraged
Silence » Keep » In God's house
Worship » Divinity of Christ » True attitude in
true and false Worship » Divinity of Christ of heavenly bodies » Of God, universal