Habakkuk 2:1–5

I will stand at my watchn

and station myself on the ramparts;o

I will look to see what he will sayp to me,

and what answer I am to give to this complaint.a q

The Lord’s Answer

2 Then the Lord replied:

“Writer down the revelation

and make it plain on tablets

so that a heraldb may run with it.

3 For the revelation awaits an appointed time;s

it speaks of the endt

and will not prove false.

Though it linger, waitu for it;

itc will certainly come

and will not delay.v

4 “See, the enemy is puffed up;

his desires are not upright—

but the righteous personw will live by his faithfulnessd x—

5 indeed, winey betrays him;

he is arrogantz and never at rest.

Because he is as greedy as the grave

and like death is never satisfied,a

he gathers to himself all the nations

and takes captiveb all the peoples.