Berean Standard Bible

Habakkuk 2:2-8

2Then the LORD answered me:

“Write down this visionand clearly inscribe it on tablets,so that a herald may run with it.3For the vision awaits an appointed time;it testifies of the end and does not lie.Though it lingers, wait for it,since it will surely come and will not delay.14Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright2—but the righteous will live by faith3—5and wealth4 indeed betrays him.He is an arrogant man never at rest.He enlarges his appetite like Sheol,and like Death, he is never satisfied.He gathers all the nations to himselfand collects all the peoples as his own.

6Will not all of these take up a taunt against him,speaking with mockery and derision:

‘Woe to him who amasses what is not hisand makes himself rich with many loans!How long will this go on?’7Will not your creditors suddenly ariseand those who disturb you awaken?Then you will become their prey.8Because you have plundered many nations,the remnant of the people will plunder you—because of your bloodshed against manand your violence against the land, the city,and all their dwellers.

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Notes

1. Habakkuk 2:3 Or Though He lingers, wait for Him, since He will surely come and will not delay; see also LXX; cited in Hebrews 10:37. ↩
2. Habakkuk 2:4 LXX If he should draw back, My soul has no pleasure in him ↩
3. Habakkuk 2:4 Or faithfulness; cited in Romans 1:17, Galatians 3:11, and Hebrews 10:38 ↩
4. Habakkuk 2:5 DSS; MT wine ↩

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