Habakkuk 2
The LORD's Answer to Habakkuk |
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I will stand upon my watch, and set me
upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and
what I shall answer when I am reproved.
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And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain
upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
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For the vision is yet for an
appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though
it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not
tarry. Heb. 10.37
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Behold, his soul which is lifted
up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith. Rom.
1.17 · Gal.
3.11 · Heb.
10.38
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Yea also, because he transgresseth by
wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who
enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be
satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him
all people.
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Woes on the
Unrighteous |
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Shall not all these take up a parable
against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him
that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him
that ladeth himself with thick clay!
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Shall they not rise up suddenly that
shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be
for booties unto them?
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Because thou hast spoiled many nations,
all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's
blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of
all that dwell therein.
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Woe to him that coveteth an evil
covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he
may be delivered from the power of evil!
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Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by
cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy
soul.
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For the stone shall cry out of the wall,
and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
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Woe to him that buildeth a town with
blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity!
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Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labor in the very
fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very
vanity?
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For the earth shall be filled with the
knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the
waters cover the sea. Is. 11.9
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Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor
drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
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Thou art filled with shame for glory:
drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the
LORD's right hand shall be turned unto thee,
and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.
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For the violence of Lebanon shall cover
thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid,
because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the
city, and of all that dwell therein.
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What profiteth the graven image that
the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of
lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb
idols?
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Woe unto him that saith to the wood,
Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no
breath at all in the midst of it.
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But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before
him.
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