1Unto Habakkuk, waiting for an answer, 2is showed that he must wait in faith. 5The judgment of the Chaldeans for insatiableness, 9ambition, 12cruelty, 15treacherous dealing, 18and idolatry.
1I WILL astand upon my watch, and set me upon the 1tower, and will watch to see what he will bsay 2unto me, and what I shall answer when I am 3reproved.
1Heb. fenced place.
2Or, in me.
3Or, argued with. Heb. upon my reproof, or, arguing.
a Is. 21.8. Ps. 73.16,17. b ch. 1.13-17. Ps. 85.8; 102.17; 91.15.
2And the LORD answered me, and said, cWrite the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
c Is. 8.1; 30.8. De. 27.8. Ro. 15.4. De. 1.5.
3For the vision is yet for dan appointed time, but eat the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
d Da. 10.14; 8.19; 11.27,35,36. He. 10.37. e Ex. 12.41. Ps. 102.13. He. 10.37. Nu. 23.19. Lu. 18.7,8, or Ps. 118.26. Zec. 9.9. Jn. 6.14.
4Behold, his soul which fis lifted up is not upright in him: but the gjust shall live by his faith.
f Ps. 138.6. Job 40.11,12. 2Ki. 25.19. g Jn. 3.36. Ro. 1.17. Ga. 3.11; 2.20. He. 10.38. 2Co. 5.7.
5¶4Yea also, hbecause he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire ias hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:
4Or, How much more.
h Is. 21.5. Da. 5. Is. 14.16,17. Je. 25.9,18-26. ch. 1.9,10,15. v.8. i Pr. 27.20; 30.16. Is. 10.7,13.
6Shall not all these jtake up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, 5Woe to him that kincreaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
5Or, Ho, he.
j Is. 14.4-15. Eze. 38.13; 32.21. k ch. 1.9,10,15,17. v.9,10. Je. 51.34. Da. 2.37,38.
7lShall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?
l Is. 13.2-5,17,18; 21.2,9; 41.2,3,25; 45.1-3; 46.11; 48.14,15. Je. 50.3,14,15,29; 51.11,27-29,48,56.
8Because mthou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; nbecause of men's 6blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
6Heb. bloods.
m v.10,17. ch. 1.9,10,15. Je. 25.9,18-26; 27.3,6,7. Is. 33.1. v.7. n v.10,17. Is. 14.16,17. Je. 50.11,17,28,33; 51.11,34,35,24. Zec. 1.15. Ps. 28.4. Mi. 4.11,12. Ps. 137.8,9.
9¶Woe to him that 7coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the 8power of evil!
7Or, gaineth an evil gain. Je. 22.13. Ob. 4. Ps. 49.11; 52.7. Ja. 5.3,4.
8Heb. palm of the hand.
10Thou hast consulted oshame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.
o Pr. 22.16. Ps. 52.5. Is. 14.19-22. Ps. 28.4.
11pFor the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the 9beam out of the timber shall 10answer it.
9Or, piece, or, fastening.
10Or, witness against it.
p Ge. 4.10. 1Sa. 15.33. Je. 51.35. Ja. 5.3,4. Re. 6.9,10. Ro. 8.22.
12¶Woe to him that qbuildeth a town with 11blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
11Heb. bloods.
q Eze. 24.9. Je. 22.13. Na. 3.1. Mi. 3.10.
13Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall rlabour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves 12for very vanity?
12Or, in vain?
r Is. 50.11. Je. 51.58. Mal. 1.4.
14For sthe earth shall be filled 13with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
13Or, by knowing the glory.
s Is. 11.9. Ps. 9.16; 58.10,11; 83.18. Is. 5.16; 24.21-23. Re. 19.1,2; 16.5-7.
15¶Woe unto him tthat giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy 14bottle to him , and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest ulook on their nakedness!
14Or, poison, Ho. 7.5. De. 32.24,33. Job 6.4; 20.16. Ps. 58.4.
t Je. 25.15; 51.7. Re. 17.2. Ge. 19.32-35. u Ge. 9.22; 42.9,12.
16Thou art filled 15with shame for glory: vdrink 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.
15Or, more with shame than with glory, Is. 3.17. Na. 3.5. Re. 18.2. Phi. 3.19.
v Je. 25.26-29. Is. 49.26; 51.21,22; 13; 14; 21; 46; 47. Je. 50; 51. Ps. 75.8; 28.4.
17For wthe 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.
w Je. 50.28; 51.11. Zec. 11.1. Je. 50.7,11,17,33; 51.5,6,35,36,48,49,56. Is. 13.15-18. Ps. 137.8,9. v.8. ch. 1.9,10,15,17. Ps. 55.23. Is. 14.8. Je. 22.23.
18¶xWhat profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a yteacher of lies, that 16the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
16Heb. the fashioner of his fashion.
x Je. 50.2; 51.17,18,52; 10.3-15. Is. 46.1,2,6,7; 44.9-20; 40.19,20; 41.6,7. Ps. 115.4-8. y Je. 10.8,14. Zec. 10.2. Ro. 1.25. Ps. 135.15-18. Jonah 2.8.
19zWoe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! aBehold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
z Ps. 97.7. Je. 50.35-39; 51.47,52. 1Ki. 18.26-28. a Is. 46.6,7. Je. 10.4,9. Ps. 135.15-17; 115.4-8.
20But bthe LORD is in his holy temple: 17let all the earth ckeep silence before him.
17Heb. be silent all the earth before him.
b Ps. 11.4; 115.3. Is. 66.1. Jonah 2.4,7. Zec. 2.5,11. c Ps. 46.10; 76.8,9. Zep. 1.7. Zec. 2.13.