Verse 1
Habakkuk 2:1
American Standard Version
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I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will look forth to see what he will speak with me, and what I shall answer concerning my complaint.
Original Language Text
hebrew
עַל מִשְׁמַרְתִּ֣/י אֶעֱמֹ֔דָה וְ/אֶֽתְיַצְּבָ֖ה עַל מָצ֑וֹר וַ/אֲצַפֶּ֗ה לִ/רְאוֹת֙ מַה יְדַבֶּר בִּ֔/י וּ/מָ֥ה אָשִׁ֖יב עַל תּוֹכַחְתִּֽ/י
English Translation
I will stand upon my guard and set myself upon the watchtower, and I will look to see what he will say to me and what I will answer concerning my reproof.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 2 Context
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I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will look forth to see what he will speak...
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And Jehovah answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tablets, that he may run...
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For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hasteth toward the end, and shall not lie: thou...
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4
Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright in him; but the righteous shall live by his faith.
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5
Yea, moreover, wine is treacherous, a haughty man, that keepeth not at home; who enlargeth his desir...
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6
Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe...
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7
Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt...
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8
Because thou hast plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder thee, because...
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9
Woe to him that getteth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be...
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10
Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast sinned against thy soul.
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11
For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
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12
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity!
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13
Behold, is it not of Jehovah of hosts that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary the...
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14
For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Jehovah, as the waters cover the se...
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15
Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, [to thee] that addest thy venom, and makest him drunken...
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16
Thou art filled with shame, and not glory: drink thou also, and be as one uncircumcised; the cup of...
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17
For the violence done to Lebanon shall cover thee, and the destruction of the beasts, which made the...
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18
What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, even the t...
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19
Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise! Shall this teach? Behold, it i...
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But Jehovah is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
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