Habakkuk 2:1–5

HABAKKUK WAITS FOR GOD’S RESPONSE

2 I will stand at my guard post

and station myself on the lookout tower.a

I will watch to see what he will say to meb

and what I shouldC reply about my complaint.

GOD’S SECOND ANSWER

2 The Lord answered me:

Write down this vision;c

clearly inscribe it on tablets

so one may easily read it.D

3 For the vision is yet for the appointed time;d

it testifies about the end and will not lie.

Though it delays, wait for it,

since it will certainly come and not be late.e

4 Look, his ego is inflated;E

he is without integrity.

But the righteous one will live by his faith.F,f

5 Moreover, wineG betrays;

an arrogant man is never at rest.H

He enlarges his appetite like Sheol,

and like Death he is never satisfied.g

He gathers all the nations to himself;h

he collects all the peoples for himself.