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-Habakkuk Waits for God's Response
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 # Chapter 2
-1. I will stand at my guard post
+1 I will stand at my guard post
 and station myself on the lookout tower.
 I will watch to see what he will say to me
 and what I should reply about my complaint.
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-God's Second Answer
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-2. The Lord answered me:
+2 The Lord answered me:
 Write down this vision;
 clearly inscribe it on tablets
 so one may easily read it.
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-3. For the vision is yet for the appointed time;
+3 For the vision is yet for the appointed time;
 it testifies about the end and will not lie.
 Though it delays, wait for it,
 since it will certainly come and not be late.
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-4. Look, his ego is inflated;
+4 Look, his ego is inflated;
 he is without integrity.
 But the righteous one will live by his faith.
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-5. Moreover, wine betrays;
+5 Moreover, wine betrays;
 an arrogant man is never at rest.
 He enlarges his appetite like Sheol,
 and like Death he is never satisfied.
 He gathers all the nations to himself;
 he collects all the peoples for himself.
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-The Five Woe Oracles
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-6. Won't all of these take up a taunt against him,
+6 Won’t all of these take up a taunt against him,
 with mockery and riddles about him?
 They will say,
-"Woe to him who amasses what is not his--
-how much longer?--
-and loads himself with goods taken in pledge."
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-7. Won't your creditors suddenly arise,
+“Woe to him who amasses what is not his—
+how much longer?—
+and loads himself with goods taken in pledge.”
+7 Won’t your creditors suddenly arise,
 and those who disturb you wake up?
 Then you will become spoil for them.
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-8. Since you have plundered many nations,
-all the peoples who remain will plunder you--
+8 Since you have plundered many nations,
+all the peoples who remain will plunder you—
 because of human bloodshed
 and violence against lands, cities,
 and all who live in them.
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-9. Woe to him who dishonestly makes
+9 Woe to him who dishonestly makes
 wealth for his house
 to place his nest on high,
 to escape the grasp of disaster!
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-10. You have planned shame for your house
+10 You have planned shame for your house
 by wiping out many peoples
 and sinning against your own self.
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-11. For the stones will cry out from the wall,
+11 For the stones will cry out from the wall,
 and the rafters will answer them
 from the woodwork.
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-12. Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed
+12 Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed
 and founds a town with injustice!
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-13. Is it not from the Lord of Armies
+13 Is it not from the Lord of Armies
 that the peoples labor only to fuel the fire
 and countries exhaust themselves for nothing?
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-14. For the earth will be filled
-with the knowledge of the Lord's glory,
+14 For the earth will be filled
+with the knowledge of the Lord’s glory,
 as the water covers the sea.
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-15. Woe to him who gives his neighbors drink,
+15 Woe to him who gives his neighbors drink,
 pouring out your wrath
 and even making them drunk,
 in order to look at their nakedness!
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-16. You will be filled with disgrace instead of glory.
-You also--drink,
+16 You will be filled with disgrace instead of glory.
+You also—drink,
 and expose your uncircumcision!
-The cup in the Lord's right hand
+The cup in the Lord’s right hand
 will come around to you,
 and utter disgrace will cover your glory.
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-17. For your violence against Lebanon
+17 For your violence against Lebanon
 will overwhelm you;
 the destruction of animals will terrify you
 because of your human bloodshed and violence
 against lands, cities, and all who live in them.
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-18. What use is a carved idol
+18 What use is a carved idol
 after its craftsman carves it?
 It is only a cast image, a teacher of lies.
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 For the one who crafts its shape trusts in it
 and makes worthless idols that cannot speak.
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-19. Woe to him who says to wood: Wake up!
+19 Woe to him who says to wood: Wake up!
 or to mute stone: Come alive!
 Can it teach?
 Look! It may be plated with gold and silver,
 yet there is no breath in it at all.
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-20. But the Lord is in his holy temple;
+20 But the Lord is in his holy temple;
 let the whole earth
-be silent in his presence.
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+be silent in his presence.