Revised Webster's Bible
Habakkuk 2
1I willstandאֶעֱמֹ֔דָה'e.'e.Mo.dahH5975upon mywatchמִשְׁמַרְתִּ֣יmish.mar.TiH4931, andstationוְאֶֽתְיַצְּבָ֖הve.'et.ya.tze.VahH3320myself upon thetowerמָצ֑וֹרma.TzorH4692, and willwatchוַאֲצַפֶּ֗הva.'a.tza.PehH6822toseeלִרְאוֹת֙lir.'OtH7200what he willsayיְדַבֶּר־ye.da.ber-H1696to me, and what I shallanswerאָשִׁ֖יב'a.ShivH7725when I amreprovedתּוֹכַחְתִּֽי׃to.khach.TiH8433.
2And theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068answeredוַיַּעֲנֵ֤נִיvai.ya.'a.Ne.niH6030me, andsaidוַיֹּ֔אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Writeכְּת֣וֹבke.TovH3789thevisionחָז֔וֹןcha.ZonH2377, and make itplainוּבָאֵ֖רu.va.'ErH874upontabletsהַלֻּח֑וֹתha.lu.ChotH3871, that he mayrunיָר֖וּץya.RutzH7323thatreadethק֥וֹרֵאKo.re'H7121it.
3For thevisionחָזוֹן֙cha.zOnH2377is yet for an appointedtimeלַמּוֹעֵ֔דla.mo.'EdH4150, but at theendלַקֵּ֖ץla.KetzH7093it shallspeakוְיָפֵ֥חַve.ya.Fe.achH6315, and notlieיְכַזֵּ֑בye.kha.ZevH3576: though it maytarryיִתְמַהְמָהּ֙yit.mah.MahH4102,waitחַכֵּה־cha.keh-H2442for it; because it willsurelyבֹ֥אvo'H935comeיָבֹ֖אya.Vo'H935, it will nottarryיְאַחֵֽר׃ye.'a.CherH309.
5Yea also, because hetransgressethבּוֹגֵ֔דbo.GedH898bywineהַיַּ֣יִןhai.Ya.yinH3196, he is aproudיָהִ֖ירya.HirH3093manגֶּ֥בֶרGe.verH1397, neither keepeth athomeיִנְוֶ֑הyin.VehH5115, whoenlargethהִרְחִ֨יבhir.ChivH7337hisdesireנַפְשׁ֗וֹnaf.ShoH5315ashellכִּשְׁא֜וֹלkish.'olH7585, and is asdeathכַמָּ֙וֶת֙kha.Ma.vetH4194, and cannot besatisfiedיִשְׂבָּ֔עyis.Ba'H7646, butgatherethוַיֶּאֱסֹ֤ףvai.ye.'e.SofH622to him allnationsהַגּוֹיִ֔םha.go.YimH1471, andheapethוַיִּקְבֹּ֥ץvai.yik.BotzH6908to him allpeopleהָעַמִּֽים׃ha.'a.MimH5971:
6Shall not all these takeupיִשָּׂ֔אוּyi.Sa.'uH5375aparableמָשָׁ֣לma.ShalH4912against him, and atauntingוּמְלִיצָ֖הu.me.li.TzahH4426proverbחִיד֣וֹתchi.DotH2420against him, andsayוְיֹאמַ֗רve.yo.MarH559,Woeה֚וֹיHoH1945to him thatincreasethהַמַּרְבֶּ֣הha.mar.BehH7235that which is not his! how long? and to him thatladethוּמַכְבִּ֥ידu.makh.BidH3513himself with thickclayעַבְטִֽיט׃'av.TitH5671!
8Because thou hast laidwasteשַׁלּ֙וֹתָ֙sha.Lo.taH7997manyרַבִּ֔יםra.BimH7227nationsגּוֹיִ֣םgo.YimH1471, all theremnantיֶ֣תֶרYe.terH3499of thepeopleעַמִּ֑ים'a.MimH5971shall lay theewasteיְשָׁלּ֖וּךָye.sha.Lu.khaH7997; because ofmen’sאָדָם֙'a.DamH120bloodמִדְּמֵ֤יmi.de.MeiH1818, and for theviolenceוַחֲמַס־va.cha.mas-H2555of thelandאֶ֔רֶץ'E.retzH776, of thecityקִרְיָ֖הkir.YahH7151, and of all thatdwellיֹ֥שְׁבֵיYo.she.veiH3427in it.
9Woeה֗וֹיHoH1945to him thatcovetethבֹּצֵ֛עַbo.Tze.a'H1214anevilרָ֖עra'H7451covetousnessבֶּ֥צַעBe.tza'H1215to hishouseלְבֵית֑וֹle.vei.ToH1004, that he maysetלָשׂ֤וּםla.SumH7760hisnestקִנּ֔וֹki.NoH7064onhighבַּמָּרוֹם֙ba.ma.rOmH4791, that he may bedeliveredלְהִנָּצֵ֖לle.hi.na.TzelH5337from thepowerמִכַּף־mi.kaf-H3709ofevilרָֽע׃Ra'H7451!
13Behold, is it not from theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֑וֹתtze.va.'otH6635that thepeopleעַמִּים֙'a.MimH5971shalllabourוְיִֽיגְע֤וּve.yi.ge.'UH3021onlyforבְּדֵי־be.dei-H1767fireאֵ֔שׁ'EshH784, and thepeopleוּלְאֻמִּ֖יםu.le.'u.MimH3816shallwearyיִעָֽפוּ׃yi.'A.fuH3286themselves fornothingבְּדֵי־ רִ֥יקbe.dei- rikH1767H7385?
16Thou artfilledשָׂבַ֤עְתָּsa.Va'.taH7646withshameקָלוֹן֙ka.lOnH7036forgloryמִכָּב֔וֹדmi.ka.VodH3519:drinkשְׁתֵ֥הshe.TehH8354thou also, and let thy shame come upontheeוְהֵֽעָרֵ֑לve.he.'a.RelH6188: thecupכּ֚וֹסKosH3563of theLORD’Sיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068righthandיְמִ֣יןye.MinH3225shall beturnedתִּסּ֣וֹבti.SovH5437to thee, and uttershameוְקִיקָל֖וֹןve.ki.ka.LonH7022shall be on thygloryכְּבוֹדֶֽךָ׃ke.vo.De.khaH3519.
17For theviolenceחֲמַ֤סcha.MasH2555ofLebanonלְבָנוֹן֙le.va.nOnH3844shallcoverיְכַסֶּ֔ךָּye.kha.Se.kaH3680thee, and thespoilוְשֹׁ֥דve.ShodH7701ofbeastsבְּהֵמ֖וֹתbe.he.MotH929, which made themafraidיְחִיתַ֑ןye.chi.TanH2865, because ofmen’sאָדָם֙'a.DamH120bloodמִדְּמֵ֤יmi.de.MeiH1818, and for theviolenceוַחֲמַס־va.cha.mas-H2555of thelandאֶ֔רֶץ'E.retzH776, of thecityקִרְיָ֖הkir.YahH7151, and of all thatdwellיֹ֥שְׁבֵיYo.she.veiH3427in it.
18Whatprofitethהוֹעִ֣ילho.'IlH3276the gravenimageפֶּ֗סֶלPe.selH6459that itsmakerיֹֽצְר֔וֹyo.tze.RoH3335hathengravedפְסָלוֹ֙fe.sa.LoH6458it; the moltenimageמַסֵּכָ֖הma.se.KhahH4541, and ateacherוּמ֣וֹרֶהu.Mo.rehH3384ofliesשָּׁ֑קֶרSha.kerH8267, that themakerיֹצֵ֤רyo.TzerH3335of hisworkיִצְרוֹ֙yitz.RoH3336trustethבָטַ֞חva.TachH982in it, tomakeלַעֲשׂ֖וֹתla.'a.SotH6213dumbאִלְּמִֽים׃ ס'i.le.MimH483idolsאֱלִילִ֥ים'e.li.LimH457?
19Woeה֣וֹיHoH1945to him thatsaithאֹמֵ֤ר'o.MerH559to thewoodלָעֵץ֙la.'EtzH6086,Awakeהָקִ֔יצָהha.Ki.tzahH6974; to thedumbדּוּמָ֑םdu.MamH1748stoneלְאֶ֣בֶןle.'E.venH68,Ariseע֖וּרִי'U.riH5782, it shallteachיוֹרֶ֔הyo.RehH3384! Behold, it islaidתָּפוּשׂ֙ta.FusH8610over withgoldזָהָ֣בza.HavH2091andsilverוָכֶ֔סֶףva.Khe.sefH3701, and there is nobreathר֖וּחַRu.achH7307at allwithinבְּקִרְבּֽוֹ׃be.kir.BoH7130it.
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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