New American Standard Bible 1995
Habakkuk 2:2-8
2Then the Lord answered me and said, “1Record the vision And inscribe it on tablets, That 2the one who 3reads it may run.3For the vision is yet for the 4appointed time; It 5hastens toward the goal and it will not 6fail. Though it tarries, 7wait for it; For it will certainly come, it 8will not delay.
4“Behold, as for the 9proud one, His soul is not right within him; But the 10righteous will live by his 11faith.5Furthermore, 12wine betrays the 13haughty man, So that he does not 14stay at home. He 15enlarges his appetite like Sheol, And he is like death, never satisfied. He also gathers to himself all nations And collects to himself all peoples.
6“Will not all of these 16take up a taunt-song against him, Even mockery and insinuations against him And say, ‘17Woe to him who increases what is not his-- For how long-- And makes himself 18rich with loans?’7Will not 19your creditors 20rise up suddenly, And those who 21collect from you awaken? Indeed, you will become plunder for them.8Because you have 22looted many nations, All the remainder of the peoples will loot you-- Because of human bloodshed and violence 23done to the land, To the town and all its inhabitants.
Notes
- 1. Habakkuk 2:2 Deut 27:8; Rom 15:4; Rev 1:19 ↩
- 2. Habakkuk 2:2 Or one may read it fluently ↩
- 3. Habakkuk 2:2 Or is to proclaim it ↩
- 4. Habakkuk 2:3 Dan 8:17, 19; 10:14 ↩
- 5. Habakkuk 2:3 Lit pants ↩
- 6. Habakkuk 2:3 Or lie ↩
- 7. Habakkuk 2:3 Ps 27:14 ↩
- 8. Habakkuk 2:3 Ezek 12:25; Heb 10:37 ↩
- 9. Habakkuk 2:4 Ps 49:18; Is 13:11 ↩
- 10. Habakkuk 2:4 Rom 1:17; Gal 3:11; Heb 10:38 ↩
- 11. Habakkuk 2:4 Or faithfulness ↩
- 12. Habakkuk 2:5 Prov 20:1 ↩
- 13. Habakkuk 2:5 Prov 21:24 ↩
- 14. Habakkuk 2:5 2 Kin 14:10 ↩
- 15. Habakkuk 2:5 Prov 27:20; 30:16; Is 5:11-15 ↩
- 16. Habakkuk 2:6 Is 14:4-10; Jer 50:13 ↩
- 17. Habakkuk 2:6 Job 20:15-29; Hab 2:12 ↩
- 18. Habakkuk 2:6 Lit heavy ↩
- 19. Habakkuk 2:7 Lit those who bite you ↩
- 20. Habakkuk 2:7 Prov 29:1 ↩
- 21. Habakkuk 2:7 Lit violently shake you ↩
- 22. Habakkuk 2:8 Is 33:1; Jer 27:7; Zech 2:8 ↩
- 23. Habakkuk 2:8 Lit of the land ↩
Commentaries on Habakkuk 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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