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I will stand like a guard to watch.
    I will stand on the tower.
I will wait to see what the Lord will say to me.
    I will wait to learn how to answer his complaint.

The Lord Answers

The Lord answered me:

“Write down what I show you.
    Write it clearly on stone tablets
    so whoever reads it can run to tell others.
It is not yet time for the message to come true.
    But that time is coming soon.
    The message will come true.
It may seem like a long time before it happens.
    But be patient and wait for it.
These things will happen.
    They will not be delayed.

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I will stand at my watch(A)
    and station myself on the ramparts;(B)
I will look to see what he will say(C) to me,
    and what answer I am to give to this complaint.[a](D)

The Lord’s Answer

Then the Lord replied:

“Write(E) down the revelation
    and make it plain on tablets
    so that a herald[b] may run with it.
For the revelation awaits an appointed time;(F)
    it speaks of the end(G)
    and will not prove false.
Though it linger, wait(H) for it;
    it[c] will certainly come
    and will not delay.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:1 Or and what to answer when I am rebuked
  2. Habakkuk 2:2 Or so that whoever reads it
  3. Habakkuk 2:3 Or Though he linger, wait for him; / he