Habakkuk 2

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(Hab 2:1) I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
(Hab 2:2) And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make {it} plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
(Hab 2:3) For the vision {is} yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
(Hab 2:4) Behold, his soul {which} is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
(Hab 2:5) Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, {he is} a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and {is} as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:
(Hab 2:6) Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth {that which is} not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
(Hab 2:7) Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?
(Hab 2:8) Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and {for} the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
(Hab 2:9) Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
(Hab 2:10) Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned {against} thy soul.
(Hab 2:11) For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
(Hab 2:12) Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
(Hab 2:13) Behold, {is it} not of the Lord of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?
(Hab 2:14) For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
(Hab 2:15) Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to {him}, and makest {him} drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
(Hab 2:16) Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the Lord's right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing {shall be} on thy glory.
(Hab 2:17) For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, {which} made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
(Hab 2:18) What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
(Hab 2:19) Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it {is} laid over with gold and silver, and {there is} no breath at all in the midst of it.
(Hab 2:20) But the Lord {is} in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
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