Habakkuk 2

2I will ^astand upon my watch, and set me upon the ^†tower,

And will ^bwatch to see ^cwhat he will say ^||unto me,

And what I shall answer ^||†when I am reproved.

²And the Lord answered me, and said,

^ccWrite the vision, and ^dmake it plain upon tables,

That he may run that readeth it.

³For ^ethe vision is yet ^ffor an appointed time,

But ^fat the end it shall speak, and not lie:

^gThough it ^htarry, ⁱwait for it;

Because ^kit will surely come, ^lit will not tarry.

⁴Behold, ^khis soul which ^mis lifted up is not upright in him:

^knBut the just shall live by his faith.

^5||Yea also, because he ^otransgresseth ^pby wine,

He is ^qa proud man, neither keepeth at home,

Who ^renlargeth his desire ^sas hell,

And is ^sas death, and cannot be satisfied,

But ^tgathereth unto him all nations,

And ^theapeth unto him all people:

⁶Shall not all these ^tttake up ^ua parable against him,

And ^va taunting ^vwproverb against him, and say,

^||Woe to him that increaseth ^xthat which is not his! ^yhow long?

And to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!

⁷Shall they not rise up ^zsuddenly that shall bite thee,

And awake that shall ^avex thee,

And thou shalt be ^bfor booties unto them?

^8cBecause thou hast spoiled many nations,

^cAll the remnant of the people ^dshall spoil thee;

^eBecause of men’s ^†blood, and for ^fthe violence of the land,

^eOf the city, and of all that dwell therein.

^9gWoe to him that ^||coveteth an evil covetousness to his house,

That he may set ^hhis nest ⁱon high, that he may be delivered from the ^†power of evil!

¹⁰Thou hast consulted shame to thy house

By cutting off many people,

And hast ^ksinned against thy soul.

¹¹For ^lthe stone shall cry out of the wall,

And the ^||beam out of the timber shall ^||answer it.

¹²Woe to him ^mthat buildeth a town with ^†blood,

And stablisheth a city ^mby iniquity!

¹³Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts

That ⁿthe people shall labour ^oin the very fire,

And ⁿthe people ^pshall weary themselves ^||ofor very vanity?

¹⁴For ^qrthe earth shall be filled ^||with ^qthe knowledge of ^rthe glory of the Lord,

^qAs the waters cover the sea.

¹⁵Woe unto him ^sthat giveth his neighbour drink,

That ^tputtest thy ^ubottle to him, and ^vmakest him drunken also,

^vThat thou mayest look on their nakedness!

¹⁶Thou art filled ^||with ^wshame for glory:

^xDrink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered:

^xThe cup of the Lord’s right hand shall be turned unto thee,

And ^yshameful spewing shall be on thy glory.

¹⁷For ^fthe violence of ^zLebanon shall cover thee,

And ^zzthe spoil of beasts, which made them afraid,

^eBecause of men’s blood, and for ^fthe violence of the land,

^eOf the city, and of all that dwell therein.

^18aWhat profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it;

The molten image, and ^ba teacher of lies,

That ^†the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make ^cdumb idols?

¹⁹Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach!

Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver,

And ^dthere is no breath at all in the midst of it.

²⁰But ^ethe Lord is in his holy temple:

^†Let ^gall the earth keep silence before him.