Habakkuk 2:2–8

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.

THE FIVE WOE ORACLES

6 Won’t all of these take up a taunt against him,i

with mockery and riddles about him?

They will say:

Woe to him who amasses what is not his—

how much longer?—j

and loads himself with goods taken in pledge.”k

7 Won’t your creditors suddenly arise,

and those who disturb you wake up?

Then you will become spoil for them.l

8 Since you have plundered many nations,m

all the peoples who remain will plunder youn—

because of human bloodshed

and violenceo against lands, cities,

and all who live in them.p