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

For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the [b]last it shall speak and not lie: though it tarry, wait: for it shall surely come, and shall not stay.

Behold, [c]he that lifteth up himself, his mind is not upright in him, but the just shall live by his faith,

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:2 Write it in great letters, that he that runneth may read it.
  2. Habakkuk 2:3 Which contained the destruction of the enemy, and the comfort of the Church: which thing though God execute not according to man’s hasty affections, yet the issue of both is certain at his time appointed.
  3. Habakkuk 2:4 To trust in himself, or in any worldly thing, is never to be quiet: for the only rest is to stay upon God by faith, Rom. 1:17; Gal. 3:11; Heb. 10:38.

The Lord’s Answer

Then the Lord replied:

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

“See, the enemy is puffed up;
    his desires are not upright—
    but the righteous person(F) will live by his faithfulness[c](G)

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:2 Or so that whoever reads it
  2. Habakkuk 2:3 Or Though he linger, wait for him; / he
  3. Habakkuk 2:4 Or faith