The Lord Tells Habakkuk to Write This Vision |
Habakkuk 2:1-20 The Book of Habakkuk [in Smaller Chunks] |
[Put] me upon the [watch] tower, & I will stand on my watch, & will watch to see what He will say to me. And what I shall answer when I'm [corrected.] [Isaiah 21:8-9 And he cried [out,] A lion. My lord, I continually stand upon the watch tower in the daytime, & I am [put] in my [division all] nights. |
And, [look,] here comes a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered & said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; & He has broken all the [carved] images of her gods, to the ground.] |
And the Lord answered me, & said, Write the vision upon [tablets] & make it plain, [so] that he [who] reads it may run. [Ecclesiastes 8:11 Because [a] sentence [delivered] against an evil work, [a.k.a. deed,] isn't [carried out] speedily. Therefore, the heart of the sons of men is fully [focused within] them to do [what is:] evil.] |
For the vision is [still] for an appointed time, but at the end, it shall speak, & not lie. [Although] it [delays,] wait for it; because it will surely [happen,] & it won't [delay.] |
[2 Peter 3:9-10 The Lord is not slack, [a.k.a. slow, about] His promise, [like] some men [consider] slackness; but is [patient toward] us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. |
*But the day of the Lord will come [like] a thief in the night; in which the heavens shall pass away with great noise & the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also, & the works, [a.k.a. things made,] that are [in there,] shall be burned up.] |
[Look,] his soul, [that] is lifted up, [a.k.a. magnified, exalted, or elevated,] isn't upright, [a.k.a. honest, within] him. But the just, [a.k.a. fair, honest, or righteous,] shall live by his faith. |
[Yes,] because he also [sins through] wine & is a proud man, & [doesn't] [stay] at home, & who enlarges his [desires,] as [big as] hell & can't be satisfied, [like] death [never has enough,] but gathers to [himself] all nations, & [heaps] up all [the] people to [himself.] |
[Isaiah 5:11-15 Woe to [those, who] rise up early in the morning, [so] that they may follow strong [drinks] & continue until night, [until] wine [inflames] them! And the: harp; viol; [tambourine; flute;] & wine, are in their feasts: but they [don't] regard [respect] the work of the Lord, & neither [do they] consider the operation of His hands. |
Therefore, My people [have] gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge. And their honorable men are [starving] [for knowledge] & their multitude [are] dried up with [a] thirst [for knowledge.] |
Therefore, hell has enlarged herself, & opened her mouth, [beyond] measure. And their: glory; multitude; [pageantry;] & he [who] rejoices, shall descend, [a.k.a. go down] into it. And the mean man shall be brought down, & the mighty man shall be humbled, & the eyes of the [arrogant] shall be humbled.] |
[Shouldn't] all these take up a [proverb] against him, & a [song] [for] taunting against him, & say, Woe to him [who increases, what] isn't his! And to him, [who stores] [up for] himself [within] [walls of] thick clay! How long? [Luke 12:19-21 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have [many] goods laid up for many years. |
Take [it easy,] & eat, drink, & be merry. But God said to him, You fool, this night, your soul shall be required of you. Then, whose shall those things be, [that] you have provided? So is he, [who] lays up treasure for himself, & isn't rich toward God.] |
[Shouldn't] [those who] shall [devour] you, & [oppress] you, rise up suddenly, & awake [you] & you shall be [plunder for] them? [Since,] you [have plundered] many nations, all the [rest] of the people shall [plunder] you; because of [the] [bloodshed] [of] men & for the violence [in] the city, & all [who] dwell [in] the land, [there.] |
Woe to him, [who envies] [what is:] evil, [lusting for] his house, [so] that he may [put] his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil! [Obad 4-5 [Although] you exalt yourself [like] the eagle, & you [put] your nest among the stars, I will bring you down [from] there, says the Lord. |
If thieves & robbers came to you [at] night, ([See,] how you are cut off!) Wouldn't they have stolen [until] they had enough? If the grape gatherers came to you, wouldn't they leave some grapes?] |
You [have] [given] [shameful] [advice] to your house, [a.k.a. family,] by cutting off many people, & [have] sinned against your [own] [life.] For out of the wall, the stone shall cry [out,] & the beams [from] the [timbers] shall answer it. Woe to him, [who] builds a town [by bloodshed,] & [establishes] a city [through sinfulness.] |
[Look,] isn't it [from] the Lord of Hosts, that the people shall [work] [to satisfy] the fire, & the people shall [tire] themselves [to satisfy what is:] vanity? [Daniel 12:9-10 And He said, Go [on] your way, Daniel: for the Words are [shut] up & sealed [until] the time of the end. |
Many shall be [tested,] purified, & made white. But the wicked shall do wickedly, & none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.] |
For the earth shall be filled with knowledge of the [Lord's] glory, [like] the waters cover the sea. Woe to him, [who gives] his neighbor [a] drink, & [who gives] your bottle to him, & makes him [drunk, so] that you may also look [upon] their nakedness! |
[Proverbs 20:1-2 Wine is a mocker, & strong drink [causes] raging. And [whoever] is deceived [by it] isn't wise. The fear of a king is [like] a roaring lion. [Whoever] provokes him to anger, sins against his own [life.] |
[Instead of] glory, you are filled with shame. You also drink & [reveal your circumcision.] The cup [from] the Lord's right hand shall be [returned] to you, & shameful [hurling] shall be [instead of] your glory. |
[Jeremiah 15:15-16 For the Lord God of Israel [said this,] to me; Take the wine cup [from] My hand, of this fury & cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it. And they shall drink, & be [shaken & insane,] because of the sword that I will send among them.] |
For the violence [done] [to] Lebanon, & because the [bloodshed] of [men,] & for the violence [to] the land, & the city, & all [who] dwell [there,] the [plunder by wild animals, that] made them afraid, shall [spread over] you. |
What [does it] [benefit] the maker [of] the [carved] image, [who carved] it, & the [molded] image, a teacher of lies, that the maker of his works, trusts [in them,] to make dumb, [a.k.a mute] idols? |
[Psalm 115:4-6 Their idols are silver & gold, the work of men's hands. They have mouths, but they [don't] speak. They have eyes, but they [don't] see. They have ears, but they [don't] hear. They have noses, but they [don't] smell. |
They have hands, but they [don't touch.] They have feet, but they [can't] walk. Neither [do] they speak through their throat, [Those, who] make them are [similar] to them. So is everyone [who] trusts in them.] |
Woe to him, [who] says to the wood, [Wake up] & to the [mute rock,] Arise. Shall it teach? [Look,] it is [overlaid] with gold & silver, & there is no breath, at all, [within] it. But the Lord is in His Holy temple. Let the earth keep [silent] before Him. |
[2 Corinthians 6:16 And what [like-mindedness] does the temple of God [have] with idols? For you are the temple of the Living God; [like] God has said, I will dwell [within] them, & walk [within] them. And I will be their God, & they shall be My people.] |