Habakkuk 2:1-8

1I will 1stand at my guard post And station myself on the watchtower; And I will 2keep watch to see 3what He will say to me, And how I may reply 4when I am reprimanded.2Then the Lord answered me and said, “5Write down the vision And inscribe it clearly on tablets, So that one who 6reads it may run.3For the vision is yet for the 7appointed time; It 8hurries toward the goal and it will not 9fail. Though it delays, 10wait for it; For it will certainly come, it 11will not delay long.

4“Behold, as for the 12impudent one, His soul is not right within him; But the 13righteous one will live by his 14faith.5Furthermore, 15wine betrays an 16arrogant man, So that he does not 17achieve his objective. He 18enlarges his appetite like Sheol, And he is like death, never satisfied. He also gathers to himself all the nations And collects to himself all the peoples.

6“Will all of these not 19take up a song of ridicule against him, Even a saying and insinuations against him And say, ‘20Woe to him who increases what is not his-- For how long-- And makes himself 21rich with debts!’7Will 22your creditors not 23rise up suddenly, And those who 24collect from you awaken? Indeed, you will become plunder for them.8Since you have 25looted many nations, All the rest of the peoples will loot you-- Because of human bloodshed and violence 26done to the land, To the town and all its inhabitants.