Thematic Bible
Habakkuk 2:1 (show verse)
and station myself on the lookout tower.
I will watch to see what He will say to me
and what I should
Habakkuk 2:2 (show verse)
The Lord answered me:
Write down this vision;
clearly inscribe it on tablets
so one may easily read it.
clearly inscribe it on tablets
so one may easily read it.
Habakkuk 2:3 (show verse)
it testifies about the end and will not lie.
Though it delays, wait for it,
since it will certainly come and not be late.
Habakkuk 2:4 (show verse)
he is without integrity.
But the righteous one will live by his faith.
Habakkuk 2:5 (show verse)
an arrogant man is never at rest.
He enlarges his appetite like Sheol,
and like Death he is never satisfied.
He gathers all the nations to himself;
he collects all the peoples for himself.
Habakkuk 2:6 (show verse)
with mockery and riddles about him?
They will say:
how much longer?—
and loads himself with goods taken in pledge.
Habakkuk 2:7 (show verse)
and those who disturb you wake up?
Then you will become spoil for them.
Habakkuk 2:8 (show verse)
all the peoples who remain will plunder you—
because of human bloodshed
and violence against lands, cities,
and all who live in them.
Habakkuk 2:9 (show verse)
wealth for his house
to place his nest on high,
to escape from the reach of disaster!
Habakkuk 2:10 (show verse)
by wiping out many peoples
and sinning against your own self.
Habakkuk 2:11 (show verse)
and the rafters will answer them
from the woodwork.
Habakkuk 2:12 (show verse)
and founds a town with injustice!
Habakkuk 2:13 (show verse)
that the peoples labor only to fuel the fire
and countries exhaust themselves for nothing?
Habakkuk 2:14 (show verse)
with the knowledge of the Lord’s glory,
as the waters cover the sea.
Habakkuk 2:15 (show verse)
pouring out your wrath
and even making them drunk,
in order to look at their nakedness!
Habakkuk 2:16 (show verse)
You also—drink,
and expose your uncircumcision!
The cup in the Lord’s right hand
will come around to you,
and utter disgrace will cover your glory.
Habakkuk 2:17 (show verse)
will overwhelm you;
the destruction of animals will terrify you
because of your human bloodshed and violence
against lands, cities, and all who live in them.
Habakkuk 2:18 (show verse)
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 idols that cannot speak.
Habakkuk 2:19 (show verse)
or to mute stone: Come alive!
Can it teach?
Look! It may be plated with gold and silver,
yet there is no breath in it at all.
Habakkuk 2:20 (show verse)
let everyone on earth
be silent in His presence.