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Habakkuk Waits for God’s Answer

“I will stand at my guard post
and station myself on a tower.
I will wait and see what the Lord[a] will say about me
    and what I[b] will answer when he reprimands me.[c]

God’s Reply to the Prophet’s Complaint

When he answered, the Lord told me:

“Write out the revelation,
    engraving it clearly on the tablets,
        so that a courier may run with it.[d]
For the revelation pertains to an appointed time—
    it speaks truthfully[e] about the end.
Though it delays, wait for it,
    because it will surely come about—
        it will not be late!

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:1 The Heb. lacks the Lord
  2. Habakkuk 2:1 Syr he
  3. Habakkuk 2:1 Lit. answer at my reprimand
  4. Habakkuk 2:2 Or that whoever reads it may run
  5. Habakkuk 2:3 Lit. speaks without deception

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

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.

And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.

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.

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