God Answers the Prophet
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“Is it not indeed from the Lord of hosts
That peoples (X)toil for fire,
And nations grow weary for nothing?
14 That peoples (X)toil for fire,
And nations grow weary for nothing?
“For the earth will be (Y)filled
With the knowledge of the glory of the Lord,
As the waters cover the sea.
With the knowledge of the glory of the Lord,
As the waters cover the sea.
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“Woe to you who make (m)your neighbors drink,
Who mix in your venom even to make them drunk
So as to look on their nakedness!
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Who mix in your venom even to make them drunk
So as to look on their nakedness!
Footnotes:
a.
Habakkuk 2:1: ['Lit ', upon my reproof]
b.
Habakkuk 2:2: ['Or ', one may read it fluently]
c.
Habakkuk 2:2: ['Or ', is to proclaim it]
d.
Habakkuk 2:3: ['Lit ', pants]
e.
Habakkuk 2:3: ['Or ', lie]
f.
Habakkuk 2:4: ['Or ', faithfulness]
g.
Habakkuk 2:6: ['Lit ', heavy]
h.
Habakkuk 2:7: ['Lit ', those who bite you]
i.
Habakkuk 2:7: ['Lit ', violently shake you]
j.
Habakkuk 2:8: ['Lit ', of the land]
k.
Habakkuk 2:11: ['Lit ', wood]
l.
Habakkuk 2:12: ['Or ', injustice]
m.
Habakkuk 2:15: ['Lit ', his neighbor]
n.
Habakkuk 2:16: ['Lit ', show yourself uncircumcised, '; or ', stagger, '; so DSS and ancient versions']
o.
Habakkuk 2:17: ['Lit ', of Lebanon]
p.
Habakkuk 2:17: ['Lit ', cover]
q.
Habakkuk 2:17: ['Lit which ', terrified them]
r.
Habakkuk 2:17: ['Lit ', of the land]
s.
Habakkuk 2:18: ['Or ', a graven image]
t.
Habakkuk 2:18: ['Lit a ', cast, ' metal ', image]
u.
Habakkuk 2:20: ['Lit ', Hush before Him, all the earth]