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The Just Shall Live by Faith

And the Lord answered me:

Write the vision,
    and make it plain on tablets,
    that he who reads it may run.
For the vision is yet for an appointed time;
    but it speaks of the end,
    and does not lie.
If it delays, wait for it;
    it will surely come, it will not delay.

Look, his soul is lifted up;
    it is not upright in him;
    but the just shall live by his faith.

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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