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            <div class="label">2</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HAB.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I will climb up to my watchtower</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HAB.2.1"><span class="content">and stand at my guardpost.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HAB.2.1"><span class="content">There I will wait to see what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HAB.2.1"><span class="content">and how he</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:1 </span><span class="ft">As in Syriac version; Hebrew reads </span><span class="fqa">I.</span></span></span><span class="content"> will answer my complaint.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading">&#8217;s Second Reply</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HAB.2.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HAB.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to me,</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HAB.2.2"><span class="content">&#8220;Write my answer plainly on tablets,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HAB.2.2"><span class="content">so that a runner can carry the correct message to others.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HAB.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAB.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">This vision is for a future time.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAB.2.3"><span class="content">It describes the end, and it will be fulfilled.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAB.2.3"><span class="content">If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAB.2.3"><span class="content">for it will surely take place.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAB.2.3"><span class="content">It will not be delayed.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAB.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HAB.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Look at the proud!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HAB.2.4"><span class="content">They trust in themselves, and their lives are crooked.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HAB.2.4"><span class="content">But the righteous will live by their faithfulness to God.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:3b-4 </span><span class="ft">Greek version reads </span><span class="fqa">If the vision is delayed, wait patiently, / for it will surely come and not delay. / </span><span class="fv">4</span><span class="fqa">I will take no pleasure in anyone who turns away. / But the righteous person will live by my faith. </span><span class="ft">Compare Rom 1:17; Gal 3:11; Heb 10:37-38.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HAB.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAB.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Wealth</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:5a </span><span class="ft">As in Dead Sea Scroll 1QpHab; other Hebrew manuscripts read </span><span class="fqa">Wine.</span></span></span><span class="content"> is treacherous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAB.2.5"><span class="content">and the arrogant are never at rest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAB.2.5"><span class="content">They open their mouths as wide as the grave,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:5b </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">as Sheol.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAB.2.5"><span class="content">and like death, they are never satisfied.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAB.2.5"><span class="content">In their greed they have gathered up many nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAB.2.5"><span class="content">and swallowed many peoples.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAB.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HAB.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;But soon their captives will taunt them.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HAB.2.6"><span class="content">They will mock them, saying,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HAB.2.6"><span class="content">&#8216;What sorrow awaits you thieves!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HAB.2.6"><span class="content">Now you will get what you deserve!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HAB.2.6"><span class="content">You&#8217;ve become rich by extortion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HAB.2.6"><span class="content">but how much longer can this go on?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HAB.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HAB.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Suddenly, your debtors will take action.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HAB.2.7"><span class="content">They will turn on you and take all you have,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HAB.2.7"><span class="content">while you stand trembling and helpless.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HAB.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HAB.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Because you have plundered many nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HAB.2.8"><span class="content">now all the survivors will plunder you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HAB.2.8"><span class="content">You committed murder throughout the countryside</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HAB.2.8"><span class="content">and filled the towns with violence.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HAB.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HAB.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;What sorrow awaits you who build big houses</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HAB.2.9"><span class="content">with money gained dishonestly!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HAB.2.9"><span class="content">You believe your wealth will buy security,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HAB.2.9"><span class="content">putting your family&#8217;s nest beyond the reach of danger.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HAB.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HAB.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">But by the murders you committed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HAB.2.10"><span class="content">you have shamed your name and forfeited your lives.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HAB.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HAB.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The very stones in the walls cry out against you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HAB.2.11"><span class="content">and the beams in the ceilings echo the complaint.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HAB.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HAB.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;What sorrow awaits you who build cities</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HAB.2.12"><span class="content">with money gained through murder and corruption!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HAB.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HAB.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Has not the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> of Heaven&#8217;s Armies promised</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HAB.2.13"><span class="content">that the wealth of nations will turn to ashes?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HAB.2.13"><span class="content">They work so hard,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HAB.2.13"><span class="content">but all in vain!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HAB.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HAB.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For as the waters fill the sea,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HAB.2.14"><span class="content">the earth will be filled with an awareness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HAB.2.14"><span class="content">of the glory of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HAB.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HAB.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;What sorrow awaits you who make your neighbors drunk!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HAB.2.15"><span class="content">You force your cup on them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HAB.2.15"><span class="content">so you can gloat over their shameful nakedness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HAB.2.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HAB.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But soon it will be your turn to be disgraced.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HAB.2.16"><span class="content">Come, drink and be exposed!</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:16 </span><span class="ft">Dead Sea Scrolls and Greek and Syriac versions read </span><span class="fqa">and stagger!</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HAB.2.16"><span class="content">Drink from the cup of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s judgment,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HAB.2.16"><span class="content">and all your glory will be turned to shame.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HAB.2.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HAB.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">You cut down the forests of Lebanon.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HAB.2.17"><span class="content">Now you will be cut down.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HAB.2.17"><span class="content">You destroyed the wild animals,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HAB.2.17"><span class="content">so now their terror will be yours.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HAB.2.17"><span class="content">You committed murder throughout the countryside</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HAB.2.17"><span class="content">and filled the towns with violence.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HAB.2.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HAB.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;What good is an idol carved by man,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HAB.2.18"><span class="content">or a cast image that deceives you?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HAB.2.18"><span class="content">How foolish to trust in your own creation&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HAB.2.18"><span class="content">a god that can&#8217;t even talk!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HAB.2.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HAB.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">What sorrow awaits you who say to wooden idols,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HAB.2.19"><span class="content">&#8216;Wake up and save us!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HAB.2.19"><span class="content">To speechless stone images you say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HAB.2.19"><span class="content">&#8216;Rise up and teach us!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HAB.2.19"><span class="content">Can an idol tell you what to do?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HAB.2.19"><span class="content">They may be overlaid with gold and silver,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HAB.2.19"><span class="content">but they are lifeless inside.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HAB.2.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="HAB.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">But the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is in his holy Temple.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="HAB.2.20"><span class="content">Let all the earth be silent before him.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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 Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

I will climb up to my watchtower
and stand at my guardpost.
There I will wait to see what the LORD says
and how he will answer my complaint.
LORD
Then the LORD said to me,

“Write my answer plainly on tablets,
so that a runner can carry the correct message to others.
This vision is for a future time.
It describes the end, and it will be fulfilled.
If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently,
for it will surely take place.
It will not be delayed.

“Look at the proud!
They trust in themselves, and their lives are crooked.
But the righteous will live by their faithfulness to God.
Wealth is treacherous,
and the arrogant are never at rest.
They open their mouths as wide as the grave,
and like death, they are never satisfied.
In their greed they have gathered up many nations
and swallowed many peoples.

“But soon their captives will taunt them.
They will mock them, saying,
‘What sorrow awaits you thieves!
Now you will get what you deserve!
You’ve become rich by extortion,
but how much longer can this go on?’
Suddenly, your debtors will take action.
They will turn on you and take all you have,
while you stand trembling and helpless.
Because you have plundered many nations,
now all the survivors will plunder you.
You committed murder throughout the countryside
and filled the towns with violence.

“What sorrow awaits you who build big houses
with money gained dishonestly!
You believe your wealth will buy security,
putting your family’s nest beyond the reach of danger.
But by the murders you committed,
you have shamed your name and forfeited your lives.
The very stones in the walls cry out against you,
and the beams in the ceilings echo the complaint.

“What sorrow awaits you who build cities
with money gained through murder and corruption!
Has not the LORD of Heaven’s Armies promised
that the wealth of nations will turn to ashes?
They work so hard,
but all in vain!
For as the waters fill the sea,
the earth will be filled with an awareness
of the glory of the LORD.

“What sorrow awaits you who make your neighbors drunk!
You force your cup on them
so you can gloat over their shameful nakedness.
But soon it will be your turn to be disgraced.
Come, drink and be exposed!
Drink from the cup of the LORD’s judgment,
and all your glory will be turned to shame.
You cut down the forests of Lebanon.
Now you will be cut down.
You destroyed the wild animals,
so now their terror will be yours.
You committed murder throughout the countryside
and filled the towns with violence.

“What good is an idol carved by man,
or a cast image that deceives you?
How foolish to trust in your own creation—
a god that can’t even talk!
What sorrow awaits you who say to wooden idols,
‘Wake up and save us!’
To speechless stone images you say,
‘Rise up and teach us!’
Can an idol tell you what to do?
They may be overlaid with gold and silver,
but they are lifeless inside.
But the LORD is in his holy Temple.
Let all the earth be silent before him.”

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