Habakkuk 2:2
Context
2Then the LORD answered me and said,
         “Record the vision
         And inscribe it on tablets,
         That the one who reads it may run.

3“For the vision is yet for the appointed time;
         It hastens toward the goal and it will not fail.
         Though it tarries, wait for it;
         For it will certainly come, it will not delay.

4“Behold, as for the proud one,
         His soul is not right within him;
         But the righteous will live by his faith.

5“Furthermore, wine betrays the haughty man,
         So that he does not stay at home.
         He enlarges his appetite like Sheol,
         And he is like death, never satisfied.
         He also gathers to himself all nations
         And collects to himself all peoples.

6“Will not all of these take up a taunt-song against him,
         Even mockery and insinuations against him
         And say, ‘Woe to him who increases what is not his—
         For how long—
         And makes himself rich with loans?’

7“Will not your creditors rise up suddenly,
         And those who collect from you awaken?
         Indeed, you will become plunder for them.

8“Because you have looted many nations,
         All the remainder of the peoples will loot you—
         Because of human bloodshed and violence done to the land,
         To the town and all its inhabitants.

9“Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house
         To put his nest on high,
         To be delivered from the hand of calamity!

10“You have devised a shameful thing for your house
         By cutting off many peoples;
         So you are sinning against yourself.

11“Surely the stone will cry out from the wall,
         And the rafter will answer it from the framework.

12“Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed
         And founds a town with violence!

13“Is it not indeed from the LORD of hosts
         That peoples toil for fire,
         And nations grow weary for nothing?

14“For the earth will be filled
         With the knowledge of the glory of the LORD,
         As the waters cover the sea.

15“Woe to you who make your neighbors drink,
         Who mix in your venom even to make them drunk
         So as to look on their nakedness!

16“You will be filled with disgrace rather than honor.
         Now you yourself drink and expose your own nakedness.
         The cup in the LORD’S right hand will come around to you,
         And utter disgrace will come upon your glory.

17“For the violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you,
         And the devastation of its beasts by which you terrified them,
         Because of human bloodshed and violence done to the land,
         To the town and all its inhabitants.

18“What profit is the idol when its maker has carved it,
         Or an image, a teacher of falsehood?
         For its maker trusts in his own handiwork
         When he fashions speechless idols.

19“Woe to him who says to a piece of wood, ‘Awake!’
         To a mute stone, ‘Arise!’
         And that is your teacher?
         Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
         And there is no breath at all inside it.

20“But the LORD is in His holy temple.
         Let all the earth be silent before Him.”



NASB ©1995

Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
And Jehovah answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tablets, that he may run that readeth it.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord answered me, and said: Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables: that he that readeth it may run over it.

Darby Bible Translation
And Jehovah answered me and said, Write the vision, and engrave it upon tablets, that he may run that readeth it.

English Revised Version
And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.

World English Bible
Yahweh answered me, "Write the vision, and make it plain on tablets, that he who runs may read it.

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah answereth me and saith: 'Write a vision, and explain on the tables, That he may run who is reading it.
Library
September 15. "Though it Tarry, Wait for It, for it Will Surely Come, and Will not Tarry" (Hab. Ii. 3).
"Though it tarry, wait for it, for it will surely come, and will not tarry" (Hab. ii. 3). Some things have their cycle in an hour and some in a century; but His plans shall complete their cycle whether long or short. The tender annual which blossoms for a season and dies, and the Columbian aloe, which develops in a century, each is true to its normal principle. Many of us desire to pluck our fruit in June rather than wait until October, and so, of course, it is sour and immature; but God's purposes
Rev. A. B. Simpson—Days of Heaven Upon Earth

The Crowned Christ Reigning
(Revelation, Chapters xx: 4-xxii.) "On this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve fruits." "A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! Rose plot, Fringed pool, Ferned grot-- The veriest school Of peace; and yet the fool Contends that God is not-- Not God! in gardens! when the eve is cool? Nay, but I have a sign; 'Tis very sure God walks in mine." Day Is Coming. It's a long lane that has no turning. Every valley leads up a hillside to a hilltop. Every storm ends in sunshine
by S. D. Gordon—Quiet Talks on the Crowned Christ of Revelation

Of Inward Silence
Of Inward Silence "The Lord is in His Holy Temple, let all the earth keep silence before him" (Hab. ii. 20). Inward silence is absolutely indispensable, because the Word is essential and eternal, and necessarily requires dispositions in the soul in some degree correspondent to His nature, as a capacity for the reception of Himself. Hearing is a sense formed to receive sounds, and is rather passive than active, admitting, but not communicating sensation; and if we would hear, we must lend the ear
Madame Guyon—A Short and Easy Method of Prayer

Of Rest in the Presence of God --Its Fruits --Inward Silence --God Commands it --Outward Silence.
The soul, being brought to this place, needs no other preparation than that of repose: for the presence of God during the day, which is the great result of prayer, or rather prayer itself, begins to be intuitive and almost continual. The soul is conscious of a deep inward happiness, and feels that God is in it more truly than it is in itself. It has only one thing to do in order to find God, which is to retire within itself. As soon as the eyes are closed, it finds itself in prayer. It is astonished
Jeanne Marie Bouvières—A Short Method Of Prayer And Spiritual Torrents

A Sermon on a Text not Found in the Bible.
MR. JUSTICE GROVES.--"Men go into the Public-house respectable, and come out felons." My text, as you see, my dear readers, is not taken from the Bible. It does not, however, contradict the Scriptures, but is in harmony with some, such as "WOE UNTO HIM THAT GIVETH HIS NEIGHBOUR DRINK." Habakkuk ii. 15; "WOE UNTO THEM THAT RISE UP EARLY IN THE MORNING, THAT THEY MAY FOLLOW STRONG DRINK."--Isaiah v. 11. "TAKE HEED TO YOURSELVES LEST AT ANY TIME YOUR HEARTS BE OVERCHARGED WITH SURFEITING AND
Thomas Champness—Broken Bread

Prophecies Fulfilled
When the time passed at which the Lord's coming was first expected,--in the spring of 1844,--those who had looked in faith for His appearing were for a season involved in doubt and uncertainty. While the world regarded them as having been utterly defeated and proved to have been cherishing a delusion, their source of consolation was still the word of God. Many continued to search the Scriptures, examining anew the evidences of their faith and carefully studying the prophecies to obtain further light.
Ellen Gould White—The Great Controversy

The Season of Epiphany.
"This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth His glory; and His disciples believed on Him."--John ii. 11. The Epiphany is a season especially set apart for adoring the glory of Christ. The word may be taken to mean the manifestation of His glory, and leads us to the contemplation of Him as a King upon His throne in the midst of His court, with His servants around Him, and His guards in attendance. At Christmas we commemorate His grace; and in Lent His temptation;
John Henry Newman—Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VII

The Sum and Substance of all Theology
Note: On Tuesday, June 25th, 1861, the beloved C. H. Spurgeon visited Swansea. The day was wet, so the services could not be held in the open-air; and, as no building in the town was large enough to hold the vast concourses of people who had come from all parts to hear the renowned preacher, he consented to deliver two discourses in the morning; first at Bethesda, and then at Trinity Chapel. At each place he preached for an hour and a quarter. The weather cleared up during the day; so, in the evening,
Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 62: 1916

Habakkuk-On his Watch-Tower
"Lord, teach us to pray."--Luke xi. i. "I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower."--Hab. ii. i. HABAKKUK'S tower was not built of stone and lime. Hiram's Tyrian workmen, with all their skill in hewn stone, and in timber, and in iron, and in brass, had no hand in building Habakkuk's tower. "The Name of the Lord" was Habakkuk's high tower. The truth and the faithfulness and the power of God--these things were the deep and broad foundations of Habakkuk's high tower, into which he continually
Alexander Whyte—Lord Teach Us To Pray

Meditations Before Dinner and Supper.
Meditate that hunger is like the sickness called a wolf; which, if thou dost not feed, will devour thee, and eat thee up; and that meat and drink are but as physic, or means which God hath ordained, to relieve and cure this natural infirmity and necessity of man. Use, therefore, to eat and to drink, rather to sustain and refresh the weakness of nature, than to satisfy the sensuality and delights of the flesh. Eat, therefore, to live, but live not to eat. There is no service so base, as for a man
Lewis Bayly—The Practice of Piety

Snares of Satan
The great controversy between Christ and Satan, that has been carried forward for nearly six thousand years, is soon to close; and the wicked one redoubles his efforts to defeat the work of Christ in man's behalf and to fasten souls in his snares. To hold the people in darkness and impenitence till the Saviour's mediation is ended, and there is no longer a sacrifice for sin, is the object which he seeks to accomplish. When there is no special effort made to resist his power, when indifference prevails
Ellen Gould White—The Great Controversy

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