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Habbakkuk 2

God Answers the Prophet

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I will  astand on my guard post And station myself on the rampart; And I will  bkeep watch to see  cwhat He will speak to me, And how I may reply  1when I am reproved.

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Then the LORD answered me and said, " aRecord the vision And inscribe it on tablets, That  1the one who  2reads it may run.

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"For the vision is yet for the  aappointed time; It  1hastens toward the goal and it will not  2fail. Though it tarries,  bwait for it; For it will certainly come, it  cwill not delay.

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"Behold, as for the  aproud one, His soul is not right within him; But the  brighteous will live by his  1faith.

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"Furthermore,  awine betrays the  bhaughty man, So that he does not  cstay at home. He  denlarges his appetite like Sheol, And he is like death, never satisfied. He also gathers to himself all nations And collects to himself all peoples.

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"Will not all of these  atake up a taunt-song against him, Even mockery and insinuations against him And say, ` bWoe to him who increases what is not his-- For how long-- And makes himself  1rich with loans?'

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"Will not  1your creditors  arise up suddenly, And those who  2collect from you awaken? Indeed, you will become plunder for them.

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"Because you have  alooted many nations, All the remainder of the peoples will loot you-- Because of human bloodshed and violence  1done to the land, To the town and all its inhabitants.

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"Woe to him who gets  aevil gain for his house To  bput his nest on high, To be delivered from the hand of calamity!

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"You have devised a  ashameful thing for your house By cutting off many peoples; So you are  bsinning against yourself.

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"Surely the  astone will cry out from the wall, And the rafter will answer it from the  1framework.

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"Woe to him who  abuilds a city with bloodshed And founds a town with  1violence!

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"Is it not indeed from the LORD of hosts That peoples  atoil for fire, And nations grow weary for nothing?

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"For the earth will be  afilled With the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, As the waters cover the sea.

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"Woe to you who make  1your neighbors drink, Who mix in your venom even to make them drunk So as to look on their nakedness!

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"You will be filled with disgrace rather than honor. Now you yourself  adrink and  1expose your own nakedness. The  bcup in the LORD'S right hand will come around to you, And  cutter disgrace will come upon your glory.

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"For the  aviolence  1done to Lebanon will  2overwhelm you, And the devastation of its beasts  3by which you terrified them,  bBecause of human bloodshed and  cviolence  4done to the land, To the town and all its inhabitants.

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"What  aprofit is the  1idol when its maker has carved it, Or  2an image, a  bteacher of falsehood? For its maker  ctrusts in his own handiwork When he fashions speechless idols.

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"Woe to him who  asays to a piece of wood, ` bAwake!' To a mute stone, `Arise!' And that is your teacher? Behold, it is overlaid with  cgold and silver, And there is  dno breath at all inside it.

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"But the  aLORD is in His holy temple.  1Let all the earth  bbe silent before Him."



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