| 2:1 | I will stand upon my watch, and station myself upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say to me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. |
| 2:2 | And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make [it] plain upon tablets, that he may run that readeth it. |
| 2:3 | For the vision [is] yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it may tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. |
| 2:4 | Behold, his soul [who] is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith. |
| 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 to him all nations, and heapeth to him all people: |
| 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! |
| 2:7 | Shall they not rise suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall oppress thee, and thou shalt be for booty to them? |
| 2:8 | Because thou hast laid waste many nations, all the remnant of the people shall lay thee waste; because of men's blood, and [for] the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell in it. |
| 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! |
| 2:10 | Thou gavest shameful counsel to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned [against] thy soul. |
| 2:11 | For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it. |
| 2:12 | Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity! |
| 2:13 | Behold, [is it] not from the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour [only] for fire, and the people shall weary themselves for nothing? |
| 2:14 | For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. |
| 2:15 | Woe to him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to [him], and makest [him] drunk also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness! |
| 2:16 | Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy shame come upon thee: the cup of the LORD'S right hand shall be turned to thee, and utter shame [shall be] on thy glory. |
| 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 in it. |
| 2:18 | What profiteth the graven image that its maker hath engraved it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth in it, to make dumb idols? |
| 2:19 | Woe to 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 within it. |
| 2:20 | But the LORD [is] in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him. |
Habakkuk 2 - Revised Webster Version
