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HABAKKUK WAITS FOR GOD’S RESPONSE
2 I will stand at my guard post
and station myself on the lookout tower.a
I will watch to see what he will say to meb
and what I shouldC reply about my complaint.
2 The Lord answered me:
Write down this vision;c
clearly inscribe it on tablets
so one may easily read it.D
3 For the vision is yet for the appointed time;d
it testifies about the end and will not lie.
Though it delays, wait for it,
since it will certainly come and not be late.e
4 Look, his ego is inflated;E
he is without integrity.
But the righteous one will live by his faith.F,f
5 Moreover, wineG betrays;
an arrogant man is never at rest.H
He enlarges his appetite like Sheol,
and like Death he is never satisfied.g
He gathers all the nations to himself;h
he collects all the peoples for himself.
6 Won’t all of these take up a taunt against him,i
with mockery and riddles about him?
They will say:
Woe to him who amasses what is not his—
how much longer?—j
and loads himself with goods taken in pledge.”k
7 Won’t your creditors suddenly arise,
and those who disturb you wake up?
Then you will become spoil for them.l
8 Since you have plundered many nations,m
all the peoples who remain will plunder youn—
because of human bloodshed
and violenceo against lands, cities,
and all who live in them.p
9 Woe to him who dishonestly makes
to place his nest on high,
to escape the grasp of disaster!r
10 You have planned shame for your house
by wiping out many peoples
and sinning against your own self.
11 For the stones will cry outs from the wall,
and the rafters will answer them
from the woodwork.
12 Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed
and founds a town with injustice!t
13 Is it not from the Lord of Armies
that the peoples labor only to fuel the fire
and countries exhaust themselves for nothing?u
14 For the earth will be filled
with the knowledge of the Lord’s glory,
as the water covers the sea.v
15 Woe to him who gives his neighbors drink,
pouring out your wrathB
and even making them drunk,
in order to look at their nakedness!
16 You will be filled with disgrace instead of glory.
You also—drink,
and expose your uncircumcision!C
The cup in the Lord’s right hand
will come around to you,
and utter disgrace will cover your glory.w
17 For your violence against Lebanon
will overwhelm you;
the destruction of animals will terrify youD
because of your human bloodshed and violence
against lands, cities, and all who live in them.
after its craftsman carves it?
It is only a cast image, a teacher of lies.
For the one who crafts its shape trusts in it
and makes worthless idols that cannot speak.
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 breatha in it at all.
20 But the Lord is in his holy temple;b
let the whole earth
be silent in his presence.c
3 A prayer of the prophet Habakkuk. According to Shigionoth.A,d
2 Lord, I have heard the report about you;
Lord, I stand in awe of your deeds.e
Revive your work in these years;
make it known in these years.
In your wrath remember mercy!f
the Holy One from Mount Paran.g
Selah
His splendor covers the heavens,
and the earth is full of his praise.h
4 His brilliance is like light;
rays are flashing from his hand.
This is where his power is hidden.
and pestilence follows in his steps.
6 He stands and shakesB the earth;i
he looks and startles the nations.
The age-old mountains break apart;
the ancient hills sink down.j
His pathways are ancient.k
7 I see the tents of CushanC in distress;
the tent curtains of the land of Midian tremble.
8 Are you angry at the rivers, Lord?
Is your wrath against the rivers?
Or is your fury against the sea
when you ride on your horses,
your victorious chariot?l
9 You took the sheath from your bow;
the arrows are readyD to be used with an oath.E,m
Selah
You split the earth with rivers.
10 The mountains see you and shudder;n
a downpour of water sweeps by.
The deep roars with its voiceo
and lifts its wavesF high.
11 Sun and moon stand still in their lofty residence,p
at the flash of your flying arrows,
at the brightness of your shining spear.
12 You march across the earth with indignation;
you trample down the nations in wrath.q
13 You come out to save your people,r
to save your anointed.G
You crush the leader of the house of the wicked
and strip him from footH to neck.
Selah
with his own spears;
his warriors storm out to scatter us,
gloating as if ready to secretly devour the weak.
15 You tread the sea with your horses,
stirring up the vast water.s
HABAKKUK’S CONFIDENCE IN GOD EXPRESSED
16 I heard, and I trembled within;t
my lips quivered at the sound.
Rottenness entered my bones;
I trembled where I stood.
Now I must quietly wait for the day of distressu
to come against the people invading us.
17 Though the fig tree does not bud
and there is no fruit on the vines,
though the olive crop fails
and the fields produce no food,
though the flocks disappear from the pen
and there are no herds in the stalls,
18 yet I will celebrate in the Lord;
I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!v
19 The Lord my Lord is my strength;w
he makes my feet like those of a deerx
and enables me to walk on mountain heights!y
For the choir director: onA stringed instruments.
1 The word of the Lord that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah,a in the days of Josiahb son of Amon,c king of Judah.
2 I will completely sweep away everything
from the face of the earthd—
this is the Lord’s declaration.
3 I will sweep away people and animals;e
I will sweep away the birds of the sky
and the fish of the sea,
and the ruinsA along with the wicked.f
I will cut off mankind
from the face of the earth.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
4 I will stretch out my handg against Judah
and against all the residents of Jerusalem.
I will cut off every vestige of Baalh
from this place,
the names of the pagan priestsi
along with the priests;
5 those who bow in worship on the rooftopsj
to the stars in the sky;
those who bow and pledge loyalty to the Lordk
but also pledge loyalty to Milcom;B,l
6 and those who turn back from following the Lord,
who do not seek the Lord or inquire of him.
7 Be silent in the presence of the Lord God,m
for the day of the Lord is near.n
Indeed, the Lord has prepared a sacrifice;o
he has consecrated his guests.p
8 On the day of the Lord’s sacrifice
I will punish the officials, the king’s sons,
and all who are dressed in foreign clothing.
9 On that dayq I will punish
all who skip over the threshold,C,r
who fill their master’s house
with violence and deceit.
this is the Lord’s declaration—
there will be an outcry from the Fish Gate,s
a wailing from the Second District,t
and a loud crashing from the hills.
11 Wail, you residents of the Hollow,D
for all the merchantsE will be silenced;
all those loaded with silver will be cut off.
12 And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps
and punish those who settle down comfortably,A,u
who say to themselves:
The Lord will do nothing—good or bad.v
13 Their wealth will become plunder
and their houses a ruin.
They will build houses but never live in them,
plant vineyards but never drink their wine.w
14 The great day of the Lord is near,x
near and rapidly approaching.
Listen, the day of the Lord—
then the warrior’s cry is bitter.
15 That day is a day of wrath,
a day of trouble and distress,
a day of destruction and desolation,
a day of darknessy and gloom,
a day of clouds and total darkness,z
16 a day of trumpet and battle cry
against the fortified cities,
and against the high corner towers.
17 I will bring distress on mankind,
and they will walk like the blindaa
because they have sinned against the Lord.
Their blood will be poured out like dust
18 Their silver and their gold
will be unable to rescue them
on the day of the Lord’s wrath.a
The whole earth will be consumed
by the fire of his jealousy,b
for he will make a complete,
yes, a horrifying end
of all the inhabitants of the earth.
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