Habakkuk 2 NKJV ISV Parallel

◄ Habakkuk 2 ►

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1I will stand my watch And set myself on the rampart, And watch to see what He will say to me, And what I will answer when I am corrected.

1"I will stand at my guard post and station myself on a tower. I will wait and see what the LORD will say about me and what I will answer when he reprimands me. "

2Then the LORD answered me and said: “Write the vision And make it plain on tablets, That he may run who reads it.

2When he answered, the LORD told me: "Write out the revelation, engraving it clearly on the tablets, so that a courier may run with it.

3For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, It will not tarry.

3For the revelation pertains to an appointed time— it speaks truthfully about the end. Though it delays, wait for it, because it will surely come about— it will not be late!

4“Behold the proud, His soul is not upright in him; But the just shall live by his faith.

4"Notice their arrogance— they have no inward uprightness — but the righteous will live by their faith.

5“Indeed, because he transgresses by wine, He is a proud man, And he does not stay at home. Because he enlarges his desire as hell, And he is like death, and cannot be satisfied, He gathers to himself all nations And heaps up for himself all peoples.

5Moreover, just as wine leads astray the proud and powerful man, he remains restless; he has expanded his appetite— like the afterlife or death itself, he is never satisfied. He gathers to himself all of the nations, taking captive all of the people for himself."

6“Will not all these take up a proverb against him, And a taunting riddle against him, and say, ‘Woe to him who increases What is not his—how long? And to him who loads himself with many pledges’?

6"Will not all of these ridicule him with mocking scorn? They will say, 'Woe to the one who hordes for himself what isn't his. How long will you enrich yourself by extortion?'

7Will not your creditors rise up suddenly? Will they not awaken who oppress you? And you will become their booty.

7Won't your creditors revolt unexpectedly? Won't those who make you tremble wake up? As a result, you'll become their prey!

8Because you have plundered many nations, All the remnant of the people shall plunder you, Because of men’s blood And the violence of the land and the city, And of all who dwell in it.

8Because you plundered many nations, all of their remnants will plunder you. Human blood has been shed, and violence has been done to the land, to the city, and to all who live in it."

9“Woe to him who covets evil gain for his house, That he may set his nest on high, That he may be delivered from the power of disaster!

9"Woe to the one who amasses profit upon unjust profit in order to establish his household, so he can establish a secure place on the heights and escape from the power of evil.

10You give shameful counsel to your house, Cutting off many peoples, And sin against your soul.

10You have brought shame to yourself by killing many people— you are forfeiting your own life.

11For the stone will cry out from the wall, And the beam from the timbers will answer it.

11Indeed, the stone will cry out from the wall and the rafter will respond from the woodwork."

12“Woe to him who builds a town with bloodshed, Who establishes a city by iniquity!

12"Woe to the one who founds a city upon bloodshed, and constructs a city by lawlessness.

13Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts That the peoples labor to feed the fire, And nations weary themselves in vain?

13Is it not because of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies that people grow tired putting out fires, and nations weary themselves over nothing?

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

14Indeed, the earth will be filled with knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as water fills the sea."

15“Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbor, Pressing him to your bottle, Even to make him drunk, That you may look on his nakedness!

15"Woe to the one who supplies his neighbor with a drink! You are forcing your bottle on him, making him drunk so you can see them naked.

16You are filled with shame instead of glory. You also—drink! And be exposed as uncircumcised! The cup of the LORD’s right hand will be turned against you, And utter shame will be on your glory.

16You are filled with dishonor instead of glory. So go ahead, drink and be naked! The LORD will turn against you, and utter disgrace will debase your reputation.

17For the violence done to Lebanon will cover you, And the plunder of beasts which made them afraid, Because of men’s blood And the violence of the land and the city, And of all who dwell in it.

17Indeed, the violence done to Lebanon will overtake you, and the destruction of the beasts will terrorize you— because you shed human blood and did violence to the land, to the city, and to all who live in it."

18“What profit is the image, that its maker should carve it, The molded image, a teacher of lies, That the maker of its mold should trust in it, To make mute idols?

18"Where is the benefit in owning a carved image, that motivates its maker to carve it? It is only a cast image— a teacher that lies— because the engraver entrusts himself to his carving, crafting speechless idols.

19Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ To silent stone, ‘Arise! It shall teach!’ Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, Yet in it there is no breath at all.

19"Woe to the one who says to a tree, 'Wake up!' or 'Arise!' to a speechless stone. Idols like this can't teach, can they? Look, even though it is overlaid with gold and silver, there's no breath in it at all."

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

20"The LORD is in his holy Temple. All the earth—be quiet in his presence."

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