Verse 13

Habakkuk 2:13

American Standard Version

13 Behold, is it not of Jehovah of hosts that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?

Original Language Text

hebrew

הֲ/ל֣וֹא הִנֵּ֔ה מֵ/אֵ֖ת יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת וְ/יִֽיגְע֤וּ עַמִּים֙ בְּ/דֵי אֵ֔שׁ וּ/לְאֻמִּ֖ים בְּ/דֵי רִ֥יק יִעָֽפוּ

English Translation

"Are they not from the LORD of hosts, and the nations will labor in vain and the peoples will be exhausted for nothing?"

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Chapter 2 Context

1 I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will look forth to see what he will speak... Focus ↗

2 And Jehovah answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tablets, that he may run... Focus ↗

3 For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hasteth toward the end, and shall not lie: thou... Focus ↗

4 Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright in him; but the righteous shall live by his faith. Focus ↗

5 Yea, moreover, wine is treacherous, a haughty man, that keepeth not at home; who enlargeth his desir... Focus ↗

6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe... Focus ↗

7 Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt... Focus ↗

8 Because thou hast plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder thee, because... Focus ↗

9 Woe to him that getteth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be... Focus ↗

10 Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast sinned against thy soul. Focus ↗

11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it. Focus ↗

12 Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity! Focus ↗

13 Behold, is it not of Jehovah of hosts that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary the...

14 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Jehovah, as the waters cover the se... Focus ↗

15 Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, [to thee] that addest thy venom, and makest him drunken... Focus ↗

16 Thou art filled with shame, and not glory: drink thou also, and be as one uncircumcised; the cup of... Focus ↗

17 For the violence done to Lebanon shall cover thee, and the destruction of the beasts, which made the... Focus ↗

18 What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, even the t... Focus ↗

19 Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise! Shall this teach? Behold, it i... Focus ↗

20 But Jehovah is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him. Focus ↗

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