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