2:2 Write . . . make it plain. In order that it might be preserved and transmitted (cf. Jer. 30:2; Nah. 1:1).

vision. See note 1:1.

so he may run who reads it. Perhaps a figure (though some suggest that Habakkuk actually wrote an oracle on large tablets) indicating that Habakkuk’s prophecy was to be publicized. Either the writing was to be so clear that a courier could run with the tablets to read them, or that its clarity should enable passersby to read without difficulty (i.e., “that one may read it swiftly”).